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Behind a smoke screen of high-profile female appointees and soothing slogans, George W. Bush is waging war on women.


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I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.

I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.



On the whole, I prefer not to be lectured on patriotism by those who keep offshore maildrops in order to avoid paying their taxes.

On the whole, I prefer not to be lectured on patriotism by those who keep offshore maildrops in order to avoid paying their taxes.



What we have here, fellow citizens, is a crassly egocentric, raving twit.

What we have here, fellow citizens, is a crassly egocentric, raving twit.



It's like, duh. Just when you thought there wasn't a dime's worth of difference between the two parties, the Republicans go and prove you're wrong.

It's like, duh. Just when you thought there wasn't a dime's worth of difference between the two parties, the Republicans go and prove you're wrong.



It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.



Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.



If you ever get to the place where injustice doesn't bother you, you're dead.

If you ever get to the place where injustice doesn't bother you, you're dead.



One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.

One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.



I know: "Guns Don't Kill People." But I suspect that they have something to do with it. If you point your finger at someone and say, "Bang, bang, you're dead," not much actually happens.

I know: "Guns Don't Kill People." But I suspect that they have something to do with it. If you point your finger at someone and say, "Bang, bang, you're dead," not much actually happens.



How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be studied as a notorious mass illusion.

How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be studied as a notorious mass illusion.





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It seemed to Karina further proof that wartime was the only time the world became as simple and carnivorously liberating as it must exist at all times in men's minds.

It seemed to Karina further proof that wartime was the only time the world became as simple and carnivorously liberating as it must exist at all times in men's minds.



It looks like I'm this huge shark going in for the kill... I don't know what I was thinking.

It looks like I'm this huge shark going in for the kill... I don't know what I was thinking.



Curators are great, but they're inherently biased. Curators are always making an editorial decision. Those biases have really big implications.

Curators are great, but they're inherently biased. Curators are always making an editorial decision. Those biases have really big implications.



For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career.

For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career.



We can no longer allow multi-nationalists to parade as agents of progress and democracy in the newspapers, even as they subvert it at the workplace.

We can no longer allow multi-nationalists to parade as agents of progress and democracy in the newspapers, even as they subvert it at the workplace.



The same means that have supported every other popular belief have supported Christianity. War, imprisonment, and falsehood; deeds of unexampled and incomparable atrocity have made it what it is.

The same means that have supported every other popular belief have supported Christianity. War, imprisonment, and falsehood; deeds of unexampled and incomparable atrocity have made it what it is.



I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.

I was a gift to my mother. She was a remarkable person. God or nature, or whatever those forces are, smiled on her, then passed me the best of her.



The question is one of faith. Faith in my talent. Faith in my decisions. And faith in the idea that the truth, even if it can’t pay my bills, can still set me free.

The question is one of faith. Faith in my talent. Faith in my decisions. And faith in the idea that the truth, even if it can’t pay my bills, can still set me free.



Eighty percent of our revenues are from products that didn’t exist 60 days ago. Is there any other company that would do that?

Eighty percent of our revenues are from products that didn’t exist 60 days ago. Is there any other company that would do that?



Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.




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