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A man said to the universe, "Sir, I exist."
"However," replied the universe, "the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation."

-- Stephan Crane ("War is Kind," 1899)

"Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat."
-- John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy 1981-1987

Nothing true is popular, and nothing popular is true.

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
-- Mao Zedong ("Quotations from Chairman Mao," 1966)

It's a joke. Like the funny kind, but different.

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.
-- Oscar Wilde

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
-- Oscar Wilde