We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.
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A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
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During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected.
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The oil can is mightier than the sword.
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There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business.
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