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Republicans Are People Who, If You Were Drowning 50 Feet From Shore, Would Throw You A 25-foot Rope And Tell You To Swim The Other 25 Feet Because It Would Be Good For Your Character. Democrats Would Throw You A Hundred-foot Rope And Then Walk Away Looking For Other Good Deeds To Do.

-S. I. Hayakawa

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Republicans Are People Who, If You Were

S. I. Hayakawa

Republicans Are People Who, If You Were Drowning 50 Feet From Shore, Would Throw You A 25-foot Rope And Tell You To Swim The Other 25 Feet Because It Would Be Good For Your Character. Democrats Would Throw You A Hundred-foot Rope And Then Walk Away Looking For Other Good Deeds To Do.

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