"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
writer and philosopher
(1803-1882)

"Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either."
– Gore Vidal
(1925- )

"So many in the arena here were underprivileged anyway, so this is working out well for them."
– Barbara Bush
2005 while visiting the people displaced
from their homes by Hurricane Katrina

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