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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - June 30, 2012
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
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Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)  
With Epcot Center the Disney corporation has accomplished something I didn't think possible in today's world. They have created a land of make-believe that's worse than regular life.
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P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )  
In heaven all the interesting people are missing.
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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)  
One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 9  
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