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It is still an open question as to whether mankind or insects shall ultimately inherit the earth. It is my opinion that mankind … has about a 50-50 chance....

— Henry Fountain Ashurst

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There has never been superadded to these vices of mine the withering, embalming vice of consistency.

A speech is entertaining only when serenely detached from all information.

No man is fit to be a Senator... unless he is willing to surrender his political life for great principle.

Poker teaches self-reliance, self-control, self-respect, self-denial, and independence. But when cards are wild or are given fictitious authority, the noble game is robbed of its romance, grace and stimulation and degenerates into a gambling scheme.

I could throw 56-pound words clear across the Grand Canyon. As a matter of course, I went into politics.

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