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The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not... They don't ask their public officials to be perfect. They just ask them to be smart, truthful, honest, and show a modicum of good sense.

— Ann Richards

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Poor George, he can't help it — he was born with a silver foot in his mouth.

Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.

The regular Democratic Party and its organization was run by men who looked on women as little more than machine parts.

I am delighted to be here with you this evening, because after listening to George Bush all these years, I figured you needed to know what a real Texas accent sounds like.

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