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If a man . . . would shake and not be shaken, grip and not be gripped, taking care always to squeeze the hand of his adversary as hard as it squeezed him, then he suffered no inconvenience from it.

Source: On the great art of shaking hands; in Leadership: A Treasury of Great Quotations, by William and Leonard Safire, 1990.
-- James K Polk, (Nov 2 1795-1849), US president (11th); He was the 11th U.S. president, 1845-49; led US in war against Mexico, resulting in the annexation of the Southwest.

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