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I'm for capital punishment. You've got to execute people. How else are they going to learn?

Mort Sahl

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Mort Sahl
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: May 11
Actor
Comedian
Journalist
Montreal
Quebec
Morton Lyon Sahl
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Will Rogers…used to come out with a newspaper and pretend he was a yokel criticizing the intellectuals who ran the government. I come out with a newspaper and pretend I’m an intellectual making fun of the yokels running the government.
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I watched Ken Burns' Civil War series on PBS. My favorite segment is when Bob Hope entertains the troops at Gettysburg.
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A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
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Obama is running again for spite.
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Every time the Russians throw an American in jail, the Committee throws an American in jail to get even.
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There's so much Botox around now that you can't tell when a Jewish girl is angry!
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I don't think crucifixion is the answer. I believe in the resurrection. I like that part of the story.
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New book on Malcolm X says we don't know how he was killed. Want to bring in the FBI. Maybe they were in already.
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Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.
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Remember that no matter how selfish, how cruel, how unfeeling you have been today, every time you take a breath, you make a flower happy.
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I used to go out with actresses and other female impersonators.
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If you can't join them, beat them.
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The New York Times is the official leak of the State Department.
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If someone were to ask me for a short cut to sensuality, I would suggest he go shopping for a used 427 Shelby-Cobra. But it is only fair to warn you that of the 300 guys who switched to them in 1966, only two went back to women.
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The distance between taking social action and having the knowledge is as wide as the mouth of the Mississippi.
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Obama says his recreation consists of reading the Constitution... looking for a loophole.
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