No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty. - George W. Norris

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I was really influenced by a lot of Disney soundtracks, because that's what I used to watch all the time, and they always put music in it, which is why I tend to have popular melodies over harder beats.

George W. Norris

No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty.

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During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations.

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Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their sympathy and their interests.

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The people can change Congress but only God can change the Supreme Court.

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Lincoln would be just like me. He wouldn't know what the hell to do.

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There is not much danger of the smaller nations if the big nations will behave.

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It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one.

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