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" As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing. "
Golda Meir
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" Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this. "
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" Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse. "
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" The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals. "
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" To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. "
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