Noises at dawn will bring Freedom for some, but not this peace No bird can contradict.
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My deepest feeling about politicians is that they are dangerous lunatics to be avoided when possible and carefully humored people, above all, to whom one must never tell the truth.
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When it comes, will it come without warning; Just as I'm picking my nose; Will it knock on my door in the morning, Or tread in the bus on my toes; Will it come like a change in the weather; Will its greeting be courteous or rough.
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Only those in the last stage of disease could believe that children are true judges of character.
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Political history is far too criminal and pathological to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villains from fiction.
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