"If humor is based on the misfortune of others, then I suppose you might call me the greatest comedian of all time."

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“You know how dumb the average person is? Well, by definition, half of 'em are even dumber than THAT.”

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“Act like a dumbshit and they'll treat you like an equal.”

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"The counterculture of the ’60s would be used as a foil to build 49-state landslides for Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, but then the ’60s views and values were embraced by the elites and came to domi…"

— Pat Buchanan

Politics1938

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"China has been long one of the richest, that is, one of the most fertile, best cultivated, most industrious, and most populous countries in the world. It seems, however, to have been long stationary. …"

— Adam Smith

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"I am against a League war in present circumstances, because the anti-League powers are strong. The analogy is not King v. Barons, but the War of the Roses. If the League were strong enough I should fa…"

— Bertrand Russell

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