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Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states. ↗

Our ages ranged from 22, down to 18, and we had a 6 month contract to go to Bogata, Columbia. And of course, it was during the depression, we were still with our parents, and things were still pretty tough on them back in the United States. ↗

— Martin Denny

#back #columbia #contract #course #depression

The United States has long thought of itself as the land of infinite plenty, and historically we did have abundant resources. But now we are gradually exhausting our fisheries, our topsoil, our water. On top of that, we're coming to the end of world resources. ↗

— Jared Diamond

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The only way to Cuba is with the CIA. ↗

— Phil Ochs

#central-intelligence-agency #cuba #foreign-policy #politics #united-states

The United States has been from the beginning greatly influenced and primarily influenced by the Judeo-Christian system of values. ↗

— James Dobson

#beginning #greatly #influenced #judeo-christian #primarily

As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it the quiet of families to have their chancery and their parliament within doors, and to compose and determine all emergent differences there. ↗

— John Donne

#compose #determine #differences #doors #families

The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#been #elated #felt #had #indians

It means that the silver coins of the United States at whatever ratio is fixed, and I want the present ratio that we have now, 16 to 1, maintained precisely as it is. ↗

— Richard Parks Bland

#fixed #i #maintained #means #now

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist. ↗

— Will Durant

#cannot #moralist #statesman

Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and local taxes. ↗

— Dick Durbin

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