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Eisenhower made victory appear inevitable. He did not posture or pose for the press, he issued no grandiloquent communiqués, and he did not pit himself against high command or political authority. He got on with the job with a minimum of ...more
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Amy  Chua
“America's elites today, especially progressive ones, often don't realize how judgmental they are. They disdain tacky things, and, not coincidentally, those tacky things--fake tans, big hair, pro wrestling, chrome bull testicles hanging from the back of a big truck--are usually associated with lower-income Americans.”
Amy Chua, Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations

Ayn Rand
“A political battle is merely a skirmish fought with muskets; a philosophical battle is a nuclear war.”
Ayn Rand, Philosophy: Who Needs It

James Luceno
“Uncertainty is the first step toward self-determination,” Plagueis said. “Courage comes next.”
James Luceno, Darth Plagueis

Ayn Rand
“There are no 'rights' of special groups, there are no 'rights of farmers, of workers, of businessmen, of employees, of employers, of the young, of the old, of the unborn.' There are only the Rights of Man -- rights possessed by every individual man and by all men as individuals.”
Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

Ayn Rand
“Why struggle to discover the world if you can make it become whatever you wish--by wishing?”
Ayn Rand, The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution

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