You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery.


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Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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No one has any evidence to the contrary, ... should not jump to such hasty conclusions.
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We knew there would be days when our anxieties would well up and we would be afraid to take the next...
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It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
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Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision
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First, we're going to cut it off, then we're going to kill it
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I try to be the same person I was yesterday.
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Think hard about it: I'm running out of demons. I'm running out of villains. I'm down to Castro and ...
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All the options you can imagine are before us.
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No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.
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You don't know what you can get away with until you try.
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If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool
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Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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We have had serious disagreement in recent months, ... I am not going to paper over it and pretend i...
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Remain calm. Be kind.
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If he feels it is that important an assertion to make, he ought to list some names,
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I am pleased to hear that decrees have now been issued that should have been issued years and years ...
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Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they...
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The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve.
Any time you tolerate...
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The plan that is out there -- A, B and C -- is the Mitchell report, ... It calls for a cessation of ...
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You are going to be the proud owner of 25 million people. You will own all their hopes, aspirations ...
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We will be with you in this current crisis and in the future,
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We want that. But we can't do it in a hurried manner before the Iraqis are prepared to discharge tho...
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Now, if the sources fell apart, then we need to find out how we've gotten ourselves in that position...
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We know that there are occasions that arise when terrorists are coming in, and we know a bomb is hea...
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there was reason for guarded optimism. And let us be clear about what brought it all to a halt -- te...
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There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfe...
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I for one am not going to apologize that somehow we took Saddam Hussein out and we're putting in a d...
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It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my positi...
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seeing some convergence of views.
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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in ...
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the level of a mammoth new campaign.
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We wanted it to be a special program of the State Department. Randy worked for me.
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Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earne...
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