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It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. ↗

— James Madison

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Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. ↗

— James Madison

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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression. ↗

— Quintilian

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I pretended I was living with a television family and there was no yelling at home and no one hit me. ↗

— Arthur Bremer

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Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the first one in the morning, it's the best one of all. It tasted so good that even if I had been frigid I would have pretended otherwise just to be able to smoke it. ↗

— Florence King

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But I'm a humorist. I'm not a reporter, I never pretended to be a reporter. ↗

— David Sedaris

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I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me. ↗

— Cary Grant

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We pretended there was no problem with Agent Orange after Vietnam and later the Pentagon recanted, after untold suffering by veterans. ↗

— Jim McDermott

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