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Belief and seeing are both often wrong.


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Measure what is important, don't make important what you can measure



If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals. And I think he's right. He, and I'd say I, were behaving as war criminals.

If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals. And I think he's right. He, and I'd say I, were behaving as war criminals.



Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you.

Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you.



The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed.

The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed.



To this day we seem to act in the world as though we know what's right for everybody.

To this day we seem to act in the world as though we know what's right for everybody.



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There are many ways to make the death rate increase.



At my age, 85, I'm at age where I can look back and derive some conclusions about my actions. My rule has been try to learn, try to understand what happened. Develop the lessons and pass them on.

At my age, 85, I'm at age where I can look back and derive some conclusions about my actions. My rule has been try to learn, try to understand what happened. Develop the lessons and pass them on.



Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated.

Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated.



It was a perfectly beautiful night, as fall nights are in Washington. I walked out of the president's Oval Office, and as I walked out, I thought I might never live to see another Saturday night.

It was a perfectly beautiful night, as fall nights are in Washington. I walked out of the president's Oval Office, and as I walked out, I thought I might never live to see another Saturday night.





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I say to my colleague from New York that if someone who has a concealed carry permit... in the State of South Dakota that goes to New York and is in Central Park - Central Park is a much safer place.

I say to my colleague from New York that if someone who has a concealed carry permit... in the State of South Dakota that goes to New York and is in Central Park - Central Park is a much safer place.



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No act of man can claim to be more than an attempt, not even science.



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To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.



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Think of the ills from which you are exempt, and it will aid you to bear patiently those which now you may suffer.




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