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It is prudent not to put virtue to too serious a test. I would use American virtue as sparingly as possible lest we wear it out.
John Adams

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat.
Richard Hofstadter

Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century.
George W. Bush, referring to the Russia-Georgia conflict.

I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.
Frida Kahlo