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The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation i

The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it. – John Podhoretz

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Your race and gender dont change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will. – John Podhoretz

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The attack on ObamaCare was that Congress does not have the power under the Commerce Clause to force a private citizen into a private contractual relationship. If such a thing is permitted to stand, the anti-ObamaCare forces argue, there will be no limit to Congresss power in the future. – John Podhoretz

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This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war. – George W. Bush

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War is the statesmans game, the priests delight, the lawyers jest, the hired assassins trade. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television. – Lewis Thomas

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War has a deeper and more ineffable relation to hidden grandeurs in man than has yet been deciphered. – Thomas de Quincey

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