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Betty Ford: My makeup wasn't...

Betty Ford: My makeup wasn't...

My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I...

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Henry Kissinger: I am being...

Henry Kissinger: I am being...

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

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Eleanor Holmes Norton: The essence of...

Eleanor Holmes Norton: The essence of...

The essence of a free life is being able to choose the style of living you prefer free from exclusion and without the...

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Henry Lewis Stimson: The only way...

Henry Lewis Stimson: The only way...

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

Source: Comment to...

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Larry Speakes: You don't tell...

Larry Speakes: You don't tell...

You don't tell us how to stage the news and we don't tell you how to cover it.

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Akhenaton: The ambitious will...

Akhenaton: The ambitious will...

The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to...

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Henry McNeal Turner: I am a...

Henry McNeal Turner: I am a...

I am a member of this body. Therefore, sir, I shall neither fawn nor cringe before any party, nor stoop to beg . . . I...

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David Frost: Don't aim for...

David Frost: Don't aim for...

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come...

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Sam Ervin: I'm not going...

Sam Ervin: I'm not going...

I'm not going to let anybody come down at night like Nicodemus and whisper something in my ear that no one else can...

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Barry Goldwater: I would remind...

Barry Goldwater: I would remind...

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in...

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Edward Koch: The person who...

Edward Koch: The person who...

The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are.

Source: On...

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Sam Rayburn: Any jackass can...

Sam Rayburn: Any jackass can...

Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build it.

Source: In...

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Augustine Birrell: That great dust-heap...

Augustine Birrell: That great dust-heap...

That great dust-heap called history.

Source: Obiter Dicta, Carlyle, 1884.
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Franklin Pierce: There's nothing left...

Franklin Pierce: There's nothing left...

There's nothing left . . . but to get drunk.

Source: When asked what a President...

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James A Garfield: A university is...

James A Garfield: A university is...

A university is a student on one end of a pine log and Mark Hopkins [president of Williams College ] on the...

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Woodrow Wilson: No man that...

Woodrow Wilson: No man that...

No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high...

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George III: Born and educated...

George III: Born and educated...

Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.

Source: First...

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Christina of Sweden: Fools are more...

Christina of Sweden: Fools are more...

Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.

Source: Maxims, 1660-1680, in Pensees...

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George McGovern: The trouble was,...

George McGovern: The trouble was,...

The trouble was, all people saw on television were a few of my outspoken supporters out front; and they came away...

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Harold Wilson: The labour party...

Harold Wilson: The labour party...

The labour party is like a stage-coach. If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too...

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