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Heaven is where the police are British, the chefs Italian, the mechanics German, the lovers French, and it's all organized by the Swiss.
Hell is where the police are German, the chefs British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss, and it's all organized by the Italians.
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The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.Samuel P. Huntington
A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.
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The domination of women by men has lasted for fifty thousand years. Why can't it last just fifty more?
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