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When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.

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Both Marx and Christ agree that in this life, a right action is consideration for the welfare of others.
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Action God Karma Life Right Welfare
The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
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Beautiful Language Ourselves Word
It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. He was always so entirely there.
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Difficult Himself Honesty Pretend
Americans have no idea of the extent of their government’s mischief… the number of military strikes we have made unprovoked, against other countries, since 1947 is more than 250.
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Age Country Government Ideas Mischief Provoke Strike
The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
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Finding Greatness Pleasure Possible
Temperamentally, I am suspicious of belonging to anything. When I ran for office, I debated seriously whether or not to run as an independent because I was not eager to be saddled with the Democratic Party, because any party label is committing.
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Commitment Democracy Government Independent Party Politics Serious
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
I’m always an optimist!
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Myself Optimism
Anybody who is stupid enough to want to be remembered deserves to be forgotten right now.
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Deserve Enough Stupidity
All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
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Missing Myself World
American history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.
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Academics Fall Hands History
In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.
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Novel Problem Shape Writing
Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
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Born Father Myself Remember
By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.
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Himself Man Material President Time
The truth about Pearl Harbour is obscured to this day. But it has been much studied.
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Day Study Truth Unknown
Europe began as the relatively empty, uncivilized Wild West of Asia; then the Western Hemisphere became the Wild West of Europe. Now the sun has set in our West and risen once more in the East.
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Beginning Europe Ourselves Sun

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