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“If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.”
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“National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.”
Source : "We need transparency on domestic surveillance" by Al Franken, www.cnn.com. July 23, 2013. 
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“I knew a pure heart who refused tot be mistrustful.... He had written at his doorstep: "From wherever you are, enter and be welcome". Who do you think responded to this lovely invitation? The militia, who made themselves at home and gutted him.”
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“That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude.”
Source : "Would I Lie To You?" by Leigh W. Rutledge, 1998.
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“Trust me not at all, or all in all.”
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“Narration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood.”
Source : "Best Story; Narrate Or Die" by A.S. Byatt, www.nytimes.com. April 18, 1999.
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“If you close your eyes you can imagine the hackers sitting in a room, combing through the documents to find the ones that will draw the most blood. And in a room next door are American journalists doing the same thing. As demented and criminal as it is, at least the hackers are doing it for a cause. The press is doing it for a nickel.”
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“Don’t use the language of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ when talking about blood sugar numbers – these are data points, not judgments of your ability to manage your diabetes.”
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“Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure.”
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“There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.”
