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Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people. ↗

— Richard Perle

#control #dictatorships #exert #external #internal

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#afford #blessings #friends #old #old friends

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#be true #friend #true #word #work

I think that all areas of the budget have to be scrubbed. Clearly the entitlement issues have to be reformed and that's an issue that's going to require I think some strong bipartisan cooperation and leadership. ↗

— John Thune

#bipartisan #budget #clearly #cooperation #entitlement

But if you put a script up in front of me to read, or a cue card, I couldn't do it without stuttering. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#cue #front #i #me #put

The mongers brought them together upon a mutual surrender of their principles. ↗

— Robert Toombs

#mutual #principles #surrender #their #them

Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better. ↗

— Garry Trudeau

#addition #always #been #better #concern

You have to have that organizational principle behind the song. ↗

— Tom Verlaine

#organizational #principle #song #you

We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get. ↗

— Andy Wachowski

#generally #get #giving #good #good script

Democratic principles are the result of equality of condition. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#condition #democratic #principles #result