All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

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if you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

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The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.

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Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.

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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

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I'd rather argue against a hundred idiots, than have one agree with me

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Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party

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A nation that forgets its past has no future.

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It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything.

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There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

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