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Capitalism is the only way … It makes America great, England OK and France terrible.

- Ron Swanson

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I enjoy government functions like I enjoy getting kicked in the nuggets with a steel toed boot.

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I've never been hungover. After I've had too much whiskey, I cook myself a large flank steak, pan fried and salted butter. I eat that, put on a pair of wet socks and go to sleep.

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First rule. No conversation lasts longer than 100 total words.

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I like some changes. Like when I change a tree into a canoe, or a wife into an ex-wife.

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Capitalism: God's way of determining who is smart and who is poor.

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When people get a little too chummy with me I like to call them by the wrong name to let them know I don't really care about them.

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