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Revenge is one of the few things in politics that never gets lost in the mail or written off for a dime on the dollar like losers' campaign debts or pledges to help the Poor.

Hunter S. Thompson

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Hunter S. Thompson
Age: 67 †
Born: 1937
Born: July 18
Died: 2005
Died: February 20
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And the whole Bush family, from Texas, should be boiled in poisoned oil.
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I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.
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Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect.
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We have bigger things to brood on and enormous reasons for wallowing in terminal craziness until we finally hit bottom.
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In four short years he has turned our country from a prosperous nation at peace into a desperately indebted nation at war. But so what? He is the President of the United States, and you're not. Love it or leave it.
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The Hell's Angels try not to do anything halfway, and anyone who deals in extremes is bound to cause trouble, whether he means to or not. This, along with a belief in total retaliation for any offense or insult, is what makes the Hell's Angels unmanageable for the police and morbidly fascinating to the general public.
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Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions and fears
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I never knew where I was going, but I ripped the tits off of everything that got in my way. By the time they figured me out, it was too late.
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Turn the goddam music up! My heart feels like an alligator!
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Justice is expensive in America. There are no Free Passes... You might want to remember this, the next time you get careless and blow off a few Parking Tickets. They will come back to haunt you the next time you see a Cop car in your rear-view mirror.
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We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.
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There's a terrible danger in voting for the lesser of two evils because the parties can set it up that way.
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'Crazy' is a term of art 'Insane' is a term of law. Remember that, and you will save yourself a lot of trouble.
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Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.
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