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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce

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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. – Ambrose Bierce

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Edible – good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. – Ambrose Bierce

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good
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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Social economy means spending a penny to save a pound. Political economy is spending a pound to save a penny. – F.Tomline (William Schwenck Gilbert) & Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, The Happy

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Politics is human beings its addition rather than subtraction. – Donald Rumsfeld

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All tools have intrinsic politics and technology is the tool of now. – Godfrey Reggio

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Whatever your supposed politics are – left, right – if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion and feel the human pain in a way that they might not if it was presented in a more conceptual way. – George Saunders

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Its time to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to invest their Social Security taxes in personal savings accounts. – Mike Pence

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Im not a passive person by any stretch of the imagination. – Courteney Cox

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My dad always tell me to make decisions from love and not from fear. – Rashida Jones

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I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind. – Saint Bernard

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