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| #9561 |  | I never vote for anyone.  I always vote against. -- W.C. Fields
 
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| #9562 |  | I owe the government $3400 in taxes.  So I sent them two hammers and a toilet seat.
 -- Michael McShane
 
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| #9563 |  | I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared.  To preserve our independence, we must
 not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.  If we run into such debts, we
 must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and in our comforts,
 in our labor and in our amusements.  If we can prevent the government from
 wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they
 will be happy.
 -- Thomas Jefferson
 
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| #9564 |  | I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
 and to the republic for which it stands,
 one nation,
 indivisible,
 with liberty
 and justice for all.
 -- Francis Bellamy, 1892
 
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| #9565 |  | I prefer the most unjust peace to the most righteous war. -- Cicero
 
 Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
 -- Poor Richard
 
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| #9566 |  | I realize that the MX missile is none of our concern.  I realize that the whole point of living in a democracy is that we pay professional
 congresspersons to concern themselves with things like the MX missile so we
 can be free to concern ourselves with getting hold of the plumber.
 
 But from time to time, I feel I must address major public issues such as
 this, because in a free and open society, where the very future of the world
 hinges on decisions made by our elected leaders, you never win large cash
 journalism awards if you stick to the topics I usually write about, such as
 nose-picking.
 -- Dave Barry, "At Last, the Ultimate Deterrent Against
 Political Fallout"
 
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| #9567 |  | I see a good deal of talk from Washington about lowering taxes.  I hope they do get 'em lowered down enough so people can afford to pay 'em.
 -- The Best of Will Rogers
 
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| #9568 |  | I see where we are starting to pay some attention to our neigbors to the south.  We could never understand why Mexico wasn't just crazy about
 us; for we have always had their good will, and oil and minerals, at heart.
 -- The Best of Will Rogers
 
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| #9569 |  | I steal. -- Sam Giancana, explaining his livelihood to his draft board
 
 Easy.  I own Chicago.  I own Miami.  I own Las Vegas.
 -- Sam Giancana, when asked what he did for a living
 
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| #9570 |  | I think the world is run by C students. -- Al McGuire
 
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