Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather devoted to it.

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Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side.

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With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish.

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My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling.

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In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated.

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If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments.

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An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice.

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The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'.

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Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf.

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The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement.

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