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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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I have a nice home, the office is close by, and the pay is good.
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A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war.
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If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's.
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I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.
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I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.
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All my life I've known better than to depend on the experts. How could I have been so stupid, to let them go ahead?
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He "said to one of the highest officials of his Administration that he wanted 'to splinter the C.I.A. in a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.'"
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What would Lincoln have been without the Civil War? Just another railroad lawyer!
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I'm an idealist without illusions.
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I was assured by every son of a bitch I checked with — all the military experts and the CIA — that the plan would succeed.
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Whether I serve one or two terms in the Presidency, I will find myself at the end of that period at what might be called the awkward age — too old to begin a new career and too young to write my memoirs.
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Just as I went into politics because Joe died, if anything happened to me tomorrow, my brother Bobby would run for my seat in the Senate. And if Bobby died, Teddy would take over for him.
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When discussing the possibility of a complete military takeover in the country after reading the book Seven Days in May, President Kennedy said, "...if there were a third Bay of Pigs, it could happen." He paused and then said "But it won't happen on my watch."
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It really is true that foreign affairs is the only important issue for a president to handle, isn't? ... I mean, Who gives a shit if the minimum wage is $1.15 or $1.25 in comparison to something like this?
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