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Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.


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PAUL GIAMATTI Putin must be punished for violating the Budapest Memorandum, and Russia must learn that the U.S. wi...
RAND PAUL A capitalist economy hums when leading businessmen are bubbling with animal spirits and are prepared...
PAUL JOHNSON Real change occurs from the bottom up; it occurs person to person, and it almost always occurs in sm...
PAUL HAWKEN I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American...
RAND PAUL I can still remember the feel in my hand of that most wonderful American coin ever minted, a nickel ...
PAUL ENGLE Since I do not believe that there should be different recommendations for people living in the Bronx...
PAUL FARMER