"I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it."
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"Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.“
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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."
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"The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business."
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