Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
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