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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
Barbara Ehrenreich
Patriotism
Rebellion
Matter
Duty
Too
Dissent
All-Around
Remain
True
Scoundrels
Often
Refuge
Patriots
Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.
Michael Crichton
Debate
Matter
First
Settled
Way
Claim
Claiming
Has-Been
Been
Historically
Scoundrels
Refuge
Avoid
Consensus
Religion is all-too-often a refuge for scoundrels.
Neal Boortz
Religion
Scoundrels
Refuge
Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.
Lillian Hellman
Truth
Time
You
Made
Does
Scoundrels
Traitor
Often
The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
Naomi Wolf
You
Rights
Personality
Crime
First
Lose
Having
First Amendment
First Amendment Rights
Protected
Because
Rogues
Scoundrels
Amendment
Amendment Rights
Committed
Jail
Your
Even
Sleazy
In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.
Georges Jacques Danton
Remains
Greatest
Scoundrels
Authority
Revolutions
I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
Michael Caine
Dirty
Remake
Quiet
Scoundrels
American
Prefer
Rotten
Flop
Flops
General Biassou is a simple, vulnerable man without much knowledge, and he is easily led astray by the scoundrels surrounding him. He has sworn eternal hatred for me, and for some time now, he has been trying to destroy me using whatever means he can.
Toussaint Louverture
Time
Me
Knowledge
Man
Simple
Hatred
Whatever
Astray
Destroy
Easily
Has-Been
Some
General
He
Him
Vulnerable
Without
Been
Led
Surrounding
Scoundrels
Trying
Eternal
Much
Means
Using
Now
Sworn
Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the 'bis' in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.
Sam Kean
Doctors
Gentleman
Harmless
Despite
Table
Seems
Fact
Soothe
Like
Overall
Most
Periodic
Ulcer
Scoundrels
In Fact
Company
Element
Among
Prescribe
Keeps
Medicinal