"If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history.“


-Bo Bennett

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If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history.

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"If I had been elected president in 1948, history would be vastly different. I believe we would have stemmed the growth of Big Government, which had begun with the New Deal and culminated with the Great Society."

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"This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran's ancient history and culture, its ethnic and religious diversity? Its centuries of sensual and subversive poetry?"

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