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I was the most famous kid in the United States. That was 1936.

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Of all recent presidents, Clinton was expected to behave the most sensibly in economic matters. He understood how the economy works. But because he had used various dodges to stay out of the Vietnam War, he came to office ill at ease with the military.
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Economy Himself President Understand Work
It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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Delicate Friendship President
I’m not paranoid, no. I’m different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.
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Different Enemy Oneself Reality
When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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Myself President Thinking
There is only one party in the United States: the Property party… and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.
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Democracy Party Politics Republic
Every country should have at least one King Farouk.
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Country Oneself
Ayn Rand is a rhetorician who writes novels I have never been able to read.
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Myself Novel Reading Writing
To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy.
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Government Need People Philosophy Religion
Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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Blind Eyes Ignore
On September 5, 1774, forty-five of the weightiest colonial men formed the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
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Congress Form Man Weight
Policemen are seldom tried for their crimes, or indeed, held responsible for what they do, which disturbs the peace and causes distress among the orderly.
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Crime Disturb Order Peace Police Responsibility
Some of my father’s fellow West Pointers once asked him why I turned out so well, his secret in raising me. And he said, ‘I never gave him any advice, and he never asked for any.’ We agreed on nothing, but we never quarreled once.
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Agreement Father Fellow Himself Raise Secret
I think I have a normal threshold of anger, but it’s true that I am, by nature, belligerent.
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Angry Myself Nature Thinking
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
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Confidence Personality Style Yourself
What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?
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Culture Joke Production See
Anybody who is stupid enough to want to be remembered deserves to be forgotten right now.
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Deserve Enough Stupidity

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