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    Quote Originally Posted by PrinceMyshkin View Post
    I'd be grateful to hear your explanation of this second sentence.
    It would be too lenghty and will require a lot of international knowledge without cultural attachments. I'd prefer another humorous one of mine like, "We have become the best democratic firefighters in the world. Do you think for a minute that we'll let Don Quijote do the accounting for us?"
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    As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. ~ Herodotus

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    ‟In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.” Thomas Szasz

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    Quote Originally Posted by PrinceMyshkin View Post
    And are you aware of the difference in the income of the top 1% of the US population vs the average among the rest of the people?
    Yes. It's a good thing we have the top 1%, if we didn't, the country wouldn't have as much money, or jobs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PrinceMyshkin View Post
    ‟In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.” Thomas Szasz
    And be eaten by self definition?
    No doubt that more than half the world is stuck in that desperate identity shriek.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KCurtis View Post
    Yes. It's a good thing we have the top 1%, if we didn't, the country wouldn't have as much money, or jobs.
    Current U.S. debt: 15.5 trillion.
    Current unemployment rate: 8.3%

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    Quote Originally Posted by PrinceMyshkin View Post
    Current U.S. debt: 15.5 trillion.
    Current unemployment rate: 8.3%
    I'd suggest that those who have a claim file for it.

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    I would have to admit I'm not all that good with quotes

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    Quote Originally Posted by cafolini View Post
    Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change. ~ Herodotus
    how invigorating.
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    Quote Originally Posted by cacian View Post
    how invigorating.
    That one was always a funny one to me. There was a possibility that what he meant was diahrrea, the end of constipation. Pretty envigorating. Do you know if Milk of Magnesia was already available?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cafolini View Post
    That one was always a funny one to me. There was a possibility that what he meant was diahrrea, the end of constipation. Pretty envigorating. Do you know if Milk of Magnesia was already available?
    Hi cafolini, I have no idea about the milk haha.
    it may never try
    but when it does it sigh
    it is just that
    good
    it fly

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    It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing. ~ Herodotus

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    “What you suggest may be all very well in practice, but it will never work in theory.”

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