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"By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth." - George Carlin

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that” - George Carlin

"If somebody was hurtin’ them, I’d drop napalm on Yellowstone to get ‘em to stop. Letting some prisoners out of jail wouldn’t be nothin’ and I’ve known my kids for about 45 minutes." - Toby Ziegler on fatherhood.

"It's the fourth grader who gets his ass kicked at recess because he sat out the voluntary prayer in homeroom. It's another way of making kids different from other kids ... and they are required by law to be there." - Toby Ziegler on prayer in school.

"Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don't need little changes. We need gigantic, monumental changes. Schools should be palaces. The competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be making six-figure salaries. School should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge to its citizens, just like national defense. That's my position. I just haven't figured out how to do it yet. " - Sam Seaborn

"Everybody is stupid in an election year." C.J. Cregg in The West Wing.

"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Obey your father. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. What if your father despises the king? What if the king massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another. " - Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 7.

"No matter what you say, I'm going to be in love with you for the rest of my life. There's no way out of that. That's just a physical law of the universe. You own me." - Will McAvoy in The Newsroom.