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Being well known for being well-known did not necessarily imply intelligence.


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One of the things I learned, the easiest of lessons, was that the better you do your job, often going against conventional mores, the less popular you are likely to be.



What looked safe was not safe. What looked hard and unsafe was probably safer. Anyway, safe was somewhere else in the world.

What looked safe was not safe. What looked hard and unsafe was probably safer. Anyway, safe was somewhere else in the world.



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I have a great faith in the strength and the resilience in the American people.



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Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it



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The most dangerous thing about power is to employ it where it is not applicable.



A staff can be no better than the man it serves.

A staff can be no better than the man it serves.



Nixon, who spent much of his career attacking the press and saying he was a victim of the press, was in fact created by the press, in this case the L.A. Times.

Nixon, who spent much of his career attacking the press and saying he was a victim of the press, was in fact created by the press, in this case the L.A. Times.



The truth posed a great dilemma for a man who always had to be right, and yet, for all his grandeur, was often wrong.

The truth posed a great dilemma for a man who always had to be right, and yet, for all his grandeur, was often wrong.



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Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty.





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