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Asking politicians to give up a source of money is like asking Dracula to forsake blood.

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Cal Thomas
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 2
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As with most things governmental, failure does not mean having to try something else. It means spending more money.
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In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.
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If we want to produce people who share the values of a democratic culture, they must be taught those values and not be left to acquire them by chance.
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The measure of a great writer is not how many weeks his books spend on the best-seller lists, but how many years his books remain in print after his death.
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It is easier to drive a stake through the heart of a blood-sucking vampire than to kill off a money-sucking and useless government program.
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The difference between the more traditional sports clubs and Congress is that Congress doesn't really compete against another team.
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The worst thing the federal government could do is to increase the size, reach and cost of government. If government failed in its response to the hurricane, the answer is not more inefficient government.
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In violent streets and broken homes, the cry of anguished souls is not for more laws but for more conscience and character.
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When President Clinton starts talking about what is moral, as he did when recommending a national law banning human cloning, it's time for us to lock up our daughters.
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As pressure grows to ease the financial burden on social security, pressure will also grow to eliminate the elderly and infirm to 'free up' more money for the 'fit' and those who contribute more than they take from society.
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Not to remember 9/11, is to forget what brought it about.
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One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
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Once a federal law or policy is in place it is more difficult to kill than a vampire.
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People, like water, will run downhill, seeking their lowest level unless something interdicts them.
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No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins we the people, not us the government.
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