You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

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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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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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The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

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All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

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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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The Russian Bolsheviks have discovered that truth does not matter so long as there is reiteration. They have no difficulty whatever in countering a fact by a lie which, if repeated often enough and loudly enough, becomes accepted by the people.

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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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We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

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