Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

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You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he...

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for...

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for...

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to...

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to...

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how...

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how...

Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the...

Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the...

Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.

Don't believe in miracles - depend on them.

A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.

A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.

It's better to have loved and lost than to do forty pounds of laundry a...

It's better to have loved and lost than to do forty pounds of laundry a...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.

Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to...

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he...

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed...

As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.