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Men think they think upon the great political questions, and they do; but they think with their party, not independently; they read its literature, but not that of the other side


Mark Twain

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DEYTH BANGER I think they do that not just with the election, but in general.
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QUEEN VICTORIA The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.
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