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The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials

The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people. – Dalton Trumbo

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Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. Theres no particular virtue in that. Democracy isnt a gift. Its a responsibility. – Dalton Trumbo

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A good businessman never makes a contract unless hes sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not. – Dalton Trumbo

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Marriage
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If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you a chance to play out your second one. – James D. Watson

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The first few weeks football players look at you like you are speaking a foreign language. My job is to get them to trust me, trust the system. I ask them to run in a way that makes no sense to them. – Ato Boldon

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The first year I started in San Francisco, there was an American work on every program and theres been a lot of music by living composers and gradually that was part of the process of getting the audience really to trust me. – Michael Tilson Thomas

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When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down? They want that. – Barbara Boxer

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There are times when forgetting can be just as important as remembering — and even more difficult. – Harry and Joan Mier, Happiness Begins Before Breakfast

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It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience in history. – Renata Adler

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