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" I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing. "
Richard M. Nixon
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" Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth. "
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" Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits. "
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