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The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement.
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Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf.
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My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling.
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Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig.
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A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest.
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Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.
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Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at them for money.
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Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side.
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With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish.
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Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions.
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