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It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have
learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
Ronald Reagan


No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government
programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is
the nearest thing to eternal life we\'ll ever see on this earth!
Ronald Reagan

This love is silent.
T. S. Eliot

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.
T. S. Eliot