"Are you going to come along quietly, or am I going to have to use ear plugs?"

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“For ten years Caesar ruled with an iron hand. Then with a wooden foot, and finally with a piece of string.”

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“If a man dies when you hang him, keep hanging him until he gets used to it.”

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— John McCain

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— Hillary Clinton

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