Quote #100

The legislature is a frightening thing. To this day the state capitol building seems to me a beast ready to swallow me up; the very walls and ceilings seem to crush you as you walk through it.

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  2. I refuse to personally criticize President Eisenhower, I will not submit to the Republican concept of gravity.
  3. Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale it.
  4. Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.
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  8. Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

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