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Rhyme is a mnemonic device, an aid to the memory. And some poems are themselves mnemonics, that is to say, the whole purpose of the poem is to enable us to remember some information. ”
The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms. ”
Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party. ”
The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior to those who are not, so long as he is the repository of power, and the child inherits the wealth of the parent as a controlling law of society. ”
It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil. ”
No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job. ”
I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as a very happy man with a great career. I've got the life people dream about: I am rich, I am famous, I've got a fabulous marriage to an absolutely, spell-bindingly brilliant woman. ”
The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was. ”
Being a father or a mother is not only a great challenge, it is a divine calling. It is an effort requiring consecration. ”
If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless. ”