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Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior. – Mary McCarthy

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Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility. – Mary McCarthy

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Racism
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Trust
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I trust the people who are working with me. I delegate. – Mario Draghi

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Trust

Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-existent Social Security Trust Fund but all the Democrats new spending doesnt? Will someone please ask that? – Rush Limbaugh

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Trust

If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and with malice toward none and charity for all go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail. – Henry A. Wallace

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I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through. – Peter Straub

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Its funny, but when I arrived in California to start college I was much more interested in becoming a surfer and cruise along in life from one beach to the next. I didnt plan out any huge career for myself. – Benicio Del Toro

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The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say. – Ramsey Clark

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Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail. – Marilyn vos Savant

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If a woman driver ahead of you signals a left turn, be careful, she may turn left. – Source Unknown

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