American Stance: Everything not forbidden is permitted. Prussian Stance: Everything not permitted is forbidden. - Mark Jason Dominus

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It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation.

Mark Jason Dominus

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A few months ago I was visiting my mother, and she said that as a child I had always wanted to learn everything, and that it took me a long time to realize that you couldn't learn everything. I got really angry, and I shouted "I'm not done yet!"

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