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All comparisons between America's current place in the world and anything legitimately called an empire

in the past reveal ignorance and confusion about any reasonable meaning of the concept empire, especially the comparison with the Roman Empire.
Donald Kagan

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.
Barack Obama

On their own merits modest men are dumb.
George Colman

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
Samuel Johnson

The head of Fermilab was reading Astonishing Stories when he was ten.
Frederik Pohl

By the time you're 30 years old, you can be on a nowhere street, if you're not careful.
Gerry Cooney

If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you.
Alex Trebek

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