Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
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Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.
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To hell with them. When history is written they will be the sons of bitches - not I.
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I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.
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My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.
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