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I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought

I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators. – Christopher Hitchens

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When I go to the clinic next and sit with a tube in my arm and watch the poison go in, Im in an attitude of abject passivity. It doesnt feel like fighting at all it just feels like submitting. – Christopher Hitchens

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Attitude
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The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. Its a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation. – Christopher Hitchens

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amazing
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The term the American Left is as near to being meaningless or nonsensical as any term could really be in politics. It isnt really a force in politics anymore. And it would do well to ask itself why that is. – Christopher Hitchens

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Politics
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The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. – John Stuart Mill

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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. – Albert Einstein

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Its not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time. – Fareed Zakaria

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A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne and nothing else. – Pierre Corneille

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He who puts up with insult invites injury. – Yiddish Proverb

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As a kid, all I thought about was death. – Maurice Sendak

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