Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
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If I had my way, any man guilty of golf would be ineligible for any office of trust in the United States.
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Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.
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A home is not a mere transient shelter its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it.
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The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.
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