John McCarthy

• "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.“
• "If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments.“
• "Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance.“
• "In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated.“
• "Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.“
• "An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth.“
• "The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement.“
• "There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected that's when he doesn't forget them.“
• "The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'.“

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