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The Smartest People In Washington Are The Political Reporters. They Write About Their Inferiors.

It's A Wise Person, I Guess, Who Knows He's Dumb, And An Honest Person Who Knows He's A Liar. And It's A Dumb Person, I Guess, Whose Convinced He's Wise...-bob Slocum

The Enemy," Retorted Yossarian With Weighted Precision, "is Anybody Who's Going To Get You Killed, No Matter Which Side He's On, And That Includes Colonel Cathcart. And Don't You Forget That, Because The Longer You Remember It, The Longer You Might Live.

Some Men Are Born Mediocre, Some Men Achieve Mediocrity, And Some Men Have Mediocrity Thrust Upon Them. With Major Major It Had Been All Three. Even Among Men Lacking All Distinction He Inevitably Stood Out As A Man Lacking More Distinction Than All The Rest, And People Who Met Him Were Always Impressed By How Unimpressive He Was.

[they] Agreed That It Was Neither Possible Nor Necessary To Educate People Who Never Questioned Anything.