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John McCarthy
1857 - 1943
Nationality: American
Category: Politician
Subcategory: American Politician

Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side.

   

Suicidal terrorists may have short shelf lives.

   

When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace.

   

Inside of many liberals is a fascist struggling to get out.

   

Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf.

   

A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot.

   

My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling.

   

Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking.

   

Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more.

   

An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice.

   

My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker.

   

The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'.

   

If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments.

   

It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into.

   

With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish.

   

Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different.

   

Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.

   

He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.

   

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.

   

Compassion is contempt with a human face.

   

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