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An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

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Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in ...more

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You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.

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If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.

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Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anythi...more

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It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

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Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

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It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.

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There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

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The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.

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The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

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Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

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You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.

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The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.