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

— 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.

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....

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.

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