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Presidents and presidential assassins are like Las Vegas and Salt

Presidents and presidential assassins are like Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Even though one city is all about sin and the other is all about salvation, they are identical, one-dimensional company towns built up by the sheer will of true believers. – Sarah Vowell

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