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Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

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There was a time when I read a script and I just got excited about the possibilities. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

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I have a lot of chameleon qualities, I get very absorbed in my surroundings. ↗

— River Phoenix

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A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself. ↗

— Francis Picabia

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When you look at a commodities market you need hedgers and speculators. If you don't have one, you don't have a market. That's how it works. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ↗

— Plato

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If I'm enjoying myself, I find my opportunities for more fun become greater. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

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My point is cutting spending shouldn't be reliant on the debt limit though. It's something we have to do. The good news for America is, leaders in both parties, the president, believe that we have to have significant deficit reduction. So the intent is there. And I think what America is going to demand is that our leaders come together. ↗

— David Plouffe

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The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits. ↗

— Plutarch

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Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them. ↗

— Plutarch

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