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Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#asking #blinds #government #install #like

But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn't worth the trouble put in. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#degree #engage #felt #generally #i

The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#either #fairly #force #good #government

I don't want to help a politician revise the truth. ↗

— Terry Gross

#i #politician #revise #truth #want

It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms. ↗

— Christiaan Barnard

#bury #devoured #heart #infinitely #than

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is. ↗

— Christiaan Barnard

#ennobling #recovery #suffering

Praise now is one of the great duties of the redeemed. It will be their employment for ever. ↗

— Albert Barnes

#employment #ever #great #now #praise

The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections. ↗

— Djuna Barnes

#best #heart #imperfections #jealous #knows

Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. "I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves," he said, implying that's the view of Republicans. It's the view of almost no one. ↗

— Fred Barnes

#care #down #i #implying #knocking

Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel. ↗

— Fred Barnes

#associated #balk #bin #bush #chance