"Fear was given to man as a cautionary device to spare him pain; it is not mean to be cultivated and abused."

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I should say if anybody wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it. I appreciate anybody who wants to tape me openly and notoriously, and those who feel like they want to sneakily, and wear taping devices, I would remind them that it kind of smells like Nixon and Watergate.

— Rod Blagojevich