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" I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war. "

Lyndon B. Johnson

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" If the American people don't love me, their descendants will. "

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" In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. "

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