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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The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE.

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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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If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may be even a worse fate, you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

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

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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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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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A nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor.

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

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