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When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
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A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
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History never looks like history when you are living through it.
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Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.
William O. Douglas
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History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
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World War II was the last government program that really worked.
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The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.
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Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution.
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