"The inferior man attempts a hundred intrigues in order to save himself, but finishes only in creating a greater calamity from which he cannot run."

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The polls demonstrate that 50 percent of Americans who get their news from TV think Saddam Hussein was behind the Twin Towers attack. Man, have they got ways for getting half-truths out right away now, thanks to TV! I think TV is a calamity in a democracy.

— Kurt Vonnegut