F. Sionil Jose Quotes
All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.
F. Sionil Jose
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Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.
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I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.
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I'm interested in light. It's a very direct, pragmatic, American, rather naive approach.
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We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?
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Society thrives on trade simply because trade makes specialization possible, and specialization increases output, and increased output reduces the cost in toil for the satisfactions men live by. That being so, the market place is a most humane institution.
Frank Chodorov
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All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.
F. Sionil Jose