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“If God had meant men to have children, he would have given them a PVC apron.”

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Victoria Wood, a British comedian, screenwriter, and director, is renowned for her unique sense of humor and sharp social and political satire. Born on May 19, 1953, she passed away on April 20, 2016. Wood is celebrated for her versatility in stage, television, and film, often addressing social and political issues in her work. more

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“If God hadn't meant us to hunt men, he wouldn't have given us Wonder Bras.”

Ifs Men Given Wonder Hunts Bras

Book:Foetal Attraction

Source: Foetal Attraction

“It's important for the writers of the presidential daily brief to feel comfortable that the documents will never be politicized and/or unnecessarily exposed for public purview.”

Feels Important Comfortable Presidential Exposed Documents

Author:George W. Bush

“Printers shall be liable to legal prosecution for printing and publishing false facts injurious to the party prosecuting: but they shall be under no other restraint.”

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Book:The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin

Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin

“To watch the progress of such endeavors is the office of a free press. To give us early alarm and put us on our guard against encroachments of power. This then is a right of utmost importance, one for which, instead of yielding it up, we ought rather to spill our blood.”

Giving Watches Progress Blood Ought Office Importance Presses Endeavor Alarms Spills Free Press Encroachment

Book:The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton: Documents and Commentary

Source: The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton: Documents and Commentary

“The Liberty of the press consists in the right to publish with impunity truth with good motives for justifiable ends, though reflecting on government, magistracy, or individuals.”

Ends Government Individual Liberty Presses Motive Publish Reflecting Impunity

Book:The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Political essays [etc., 1792-1804] Contents. Index

Source: The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Political essays [etc., 1792-1804] Contents. Index

“One thing appears reasonably certain, and that's that those who make allegations of a culture of deception, of intimidation or cover-up need to be extremely careful about such accusations.”

Needs Certain Culture One Thing Careful Deception Intimidation Accusation Cover Ups Allegations

Author:Donald Rumsfeld

“Now that I've got the will of the people at my back, I'm going to start enforcing the one-question rule. That was three questions.”

Author:George W. Bush

“Abuses of the freedom of speech ought to be repressed, but to whom are we to commit the power of doing it?”

Ought Speech Abuse Commit Freedom Of Speech Repressed

Author:Benjamin Franklin

“I am myself an empiric in natural philosophy, suffering my faith to go no further than my facts. I am pleased, however, to see the efforts of hypothetical speculation, because by the collisions of different hypotheses, truth may be elicited and science advanced in the end.”

May Different Ends Philosophy Facts Suffering Natural Effort Hypothesis Speculation Collision Hypothetical Natural Philosophy

Book:The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont

Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont

“The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people. I mean, these are terrorists for the most part. These are people that were captured in the battlefield of Afghanistan or rounded up as part of the Al Qaeda network. We've already screened the detainees there and released a number, sent them back to their home countries. But what's left is hard core.”

People Mean Important Country Hard Home Left Numbers Important Things Core Terrorist Als Afghanistan Captured Battlefields Bad People Al Qaeda Guantanamo Hard Core Home Country Detainees

Author:Dick Cheney