It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with a relentless and furious diligence, is to convert the assumption into a fact. They hunt endlessly for proofs, and, when proofs are lacking, for mere suspicions. The moment they become aware of a definite citizen, John Doe, seeking what is his right under the law, they begin searching feverishly for an excuse for withholding it from him.
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I should have had a circuitous answer that was a non-answer.
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
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Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.
To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
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I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.
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...one of the most notable characteristics of any Age of Conflict is the effort to achieve economic expansion by political rather than by economic means.
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If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free -- however free one can be on this planet.
Who overcomesBy force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Who overcomesBy force, hath overcome but half his foe.
