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"During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history." »Stephen Ambrose, D-Day, page 577
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"During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history." »Stephen Ambrose
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"Whoever has inhabited the United states must have perceived that in those parts of the Union in which the Negroes are no longer slaves the have in no wise drawn nearer to the whites. On the contrary, the prejudice of race appears to be stronger in the states that have abolished slavery than those where it still exists and nowhere is it intolerant as in those states where servitude has never been known." »Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville
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"Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him until he emerges on the other side of his atlantic with his verb in his mouth." »Mark Twain
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"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." »Douglas Adams
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"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." »Douglas Noel Adams
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"It was no Insurrection or Rebellion, or even Civil War in any proper sense of these terms... The war... was a war between states regularly organized into two separate Federal Republics... In the beginning, and throughout the contest, the object of the 'Confederates' was to maintain the separate Sovereignty of each State, and the right of self-government, which that necessarily carries with it. The object of the 'Federals,' on the contrary, was to maintain a Centralized Sovereignty over all the states on both sides. This was the fundamental principle involved in the Conflict, which must be kept continually in mind." »Alexander Hamilton Stephens
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"The preamble to the Constitution states We, the People of the United states, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare... It doesn't say guarantee the general welfare. And it certainly doesn't say give welfare benefits to all the people in the country who aren't doing so well even if the reason they aren't doing so well is because they're sitting on their butts in front of the TV." »P. J. O'Rourke
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"To the biologist the problem of socialism appears largely as a problem of size. The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern. I do not suppose that Henry Ford would find much difficulty in running Andorra or Luxembourg on a socialistic basis. He has already more men on his pay-roll than their population. It is conceivable that a syndicate of Fords, if we could find them, would make Belgium Ltd. or Denmark Inc. pay their way. But while nationalization of certain industries is an obvious possibility in the largest of states, I find it no easier to picture a completely socialized British Empire or United states than an elephant turning somersaults or a hippopotamus jumping a hedge." »J.B.S. Haldane, "On Being the Right Size" in the (1928) book "Possible Worlds"
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"I am not sure I am willing to do what it takes to become President of the United states" »Jack Kemp, Seattle, Washington, Winter 1996/97 lecture series, when asked if he would run for president in 2000
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"In the United states there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is." »Gertrude Stein, The Geographical History of America (1936)
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"If all the cars in the United states were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend." »Doug Larson
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"In the United states there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. This is what makes American what it is." »Gertrude Stein
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"An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible." »Alfred A. Knopf
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"In the United states there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. This is what makes America what it is." »Gertrude Stein
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"The United states is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks." »David Dean Rusk
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"The United states is like the guy at the party who gives cocaine to everybody and still nobody likes him." »Jim Samuels
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"I hereby resign this office of president of the United states." »Richard Milhous Nixon
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"Poor Mexico - so far from God and so close to the United states." »Porfirio Diaz, Biography of Porfirio Diaz
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"The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United states is that you have to shave twice a day." »Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
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"Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United states. Ask any Indian." »Robert Orben
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"In a country as big as the United states, you can find fifty examples of anything." »Jeffery F. Chamberlain
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"By heritage and by choice, the United states of America will make that stand." »George W. Bush, Speech to the United Nations, September 12, 2002
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"In the United states today, we have more than our share of nattering nabobs of negativism." »Spiro Agnew
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"If I had my way, any man guilty of golf would be ineligible for any office of trust in the United states." »H. L. Mencken
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"How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown" »William Shakespeare
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"The United states is a nation of laws badly written and randomly enforced." »Frank Zappa
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"In the United states, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell." »H.L. Mencken
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"Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United states." »Ronald Reagan
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"The United states is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced." »Frank Zappa
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