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Although America loved its tough guys, they weren’t ready to vote for leaders who exhibited no compassion for the downtrodden and miserable, for on any given day they might constitute a majority.
This is America. Here any screwup can hire a lawyer and actually get money for being incompetent.
I had my doubts when the Service started actively recruiting women. I mean you spend money to train an agent, and then, poof, she gets married, has babies and retires. All that training, money, time, down the drain.”
in federal law enforcement circles the Bureau was the eight-hundred-pound gorilla in relation to all the other agencies.
“Embalming fluid gets into all major vessels, cavities, solid organs, so it’s tough to be accurate.
“I’m glad my miserable situation afforded you this wonderful opportunity to exhibit your compassionate nature.”
“An innocent man has nothing to hide,” the deputy marshal shot back.
Time doesn’t really heal, it just makes you not give a crap.”
“Great minds really do think alike. The next thing you know you’ll be drinking fine wine and reading thought-provoking literature.
Murderers are seldom so schizophrenic in their work.”
all good things must come to an end,’
The hypothesis is that there are quite marked distinctions between people who target politicians. Some do so because of pure mental imbalance or a perceived personal grievance against the target. And others strike because of deep philosophical beliefs, or even because they believe themselves to be doing good. They might even regard killing an elected official or candidate as an act of patriotism.”
What was it with men anyway? Did they have this dominant gene that made them have to act noble when it came to suffering, however stupidly, as some woman walked all over them?
“I figure if you think too much about things, life sometimes just passes you by.
