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90% of the problem with marijuana is prohibition related, not use related.

Abe Lincoln died because he stood for liberty and truth.

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.

Above all, there is no exception to this rule: that the idea of political superiority always resolves itself into the idea of psychological superiority.

A bullet had found him, his blood ran out as he cried. No money could save him, so he laid down and died. Ooh, what a lucky man he was.

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states.

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

A crackpot theory. Instead of saying labor's exploited, as Marx did, Kelso says capital's exploited. It's worse than Marx. It's Marx stood on its head.

A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.

A critical knowledge of the evolution of the idea of property would embody, in some respects, the most remarkable portion of the mental history of mankind.

Action based only on principles isnt always good even if it feels good.

Add one little bit on the end... Think of 'potato,' how's it spelled? You're right phonetically, but what else...? There ya go...alright!

A desire to succeed in politics is propelled by these two seemingly contradictory forces, which frequently change places and sometimes coexist: to save others and to save oneself.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

Advertising men and politicians are dangerous if they are separated. Together they are diabolical.

... a faceless mass, waiting for handouts.

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.

After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world.

... after you have once ridden behind a motorcycle escort, you are never the same again

After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains.

A good deal of our politics is physiological.

A good man who did a bad thing.

A government can be compared to our lungs. Our lungs are best when we don't realize they are helping us breathe. It is when we are constantly aware of our lungs that we know they have come down with an illness.

A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.

A great many political speeches are literary parricides; they kill their fathers.

Ah, Feminism in the nineties, what a What is yours what is mine field.

A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.

[Alan] Dershowitz has also offered to defend Osama bin Laden in court, saying it would be an act of high patriotism. It's kind of too bad there isn't going to be a trial. Having Dershowitz defend him could be Osama's only shot at not being the least popular person in the courtroom.

All great changes are irksome to the human mind, especially those which are attended with great dangers and uncertain effects.

A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.

All politicians promise that which they cannot deliver. I just wish they did so less gleefully.

All men can understand what representation is; and that it must necessarily include a variety of knowledge and talents.

All that foreign oil controlling American soil.

All isms end in fascism.

All that we got here is American made. It's a little bit cheesy, but it's nicely displayed.

All revolutions devour their own children.

All the politics in the world are nothing else but a kind of analysis of the quantity of probability in casual events, and a good politician signifies no more but one who is dexterous at such calculations.

All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.

All those men have their price.

All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no personal animosity; strangers whom, in other circumstances, you would help if you found them in trouble, and who would help you if you needed it.

All working, practical political systems, even those professing to originate in moral grandeur, are based upon and operate by contempt of human life and the individual fate.

All you need to know about Arafat was that he insisted on wearing a pistol when he addressed the UN General Assembly. And all you need to know about the UN, I suppose, is that they let him.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

Also, the Federal Advisory Committee should be enlarged and reorganized. Members should be chosen for the broadest possible representation of the public interest, their main qualification: ability.

A market economy is a tool - a valuable and effective tool - for organizing productive activity. A market society is a way of life in which market values seep into every aspect of human endeavour. It's a place where social relations are made over in the image of the market.

A man will blithely do in politics what he would kick a man downstairs for in ordinary life.

American labor will realize that its function is not to increase jobs, but to multiply the wealth and to expand the numbers benefited by the wealth at the swiftest possible rate.