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What you discover in a democracy is that it is difficult to build

What you discover in a democracy is that it is difficult to build a house when each nail has an opinion. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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There are things I have wanted so long that I would only consent to have them if I could keep wanting them. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. – Eric Hoffer, Passionate State of Mind, 1955

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