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If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has read more
If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.
Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning read more
Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they read more
The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power; the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small; when it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: read more
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.".
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man read more
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.
It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.
It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.
You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe read more
You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.