Quote by John Podhoretz
By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed

By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate. – John Podhoretz

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The idea that the rest of the world was somehow being held hostage by the Arab-Israeli conflict once had a minimal basis in reality. In the first 20 years of Israels existence, every Arab country was in an active state of war with the Jewish state. – John Podhoretz

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War
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If you want to know why Republicans and conservatives are in a political crisis, you need only consider the fact that the Rights deeply held view now boils down to this: Taxes should not go up on the wealthy, and your health benefits should be cut. – John Podhoretz

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You want a culture where citizens are free to express themselves and so live in the openness necessary to the functioning of a successful economy? Israel has a free press, much of it openly hostile to the parties in power. – John Podhoretz

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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out… without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. – H. L. Mencken

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Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. – Denis Diderot

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All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer. – William Henry Harrison

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But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with. – Jonathan Mayhew

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