Harry Shearer Quotes
The word class has been excised from the acceptable political vocabulary, except in the limited usage of right-wingers when they accuse liberals of inciting 'class warfare' - a charge that means it's okay for rich people to vote their economic interests but it's not all right to encourage poor people to do so.
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The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.
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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.
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A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.
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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
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The trouble with the dictionary is that you have to know how a word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled.
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The word class has been excised from the acceptable political vocabulary, except in the limited usage of right-wingers when they accuse liberals of inciting 'class warfare' - a charge that means it's okay for rich people to vote their economic interests but it's not all right to encourage poor people to do so.
