Statesmen think they make history but history makes itself and drags the statesmen along.
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We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
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When everybody has got money they cut taxes, and when they're broke they raise 'em. That's statesmanship of the highest order.
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When you figure it right down, none of us are in a really essential business but the farmer, and he raises so much that even his business is partly non-essential.
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An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
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Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
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