Quote #107

This not the first time a war hero has gotten in my way...

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  1. The human race has improved everything, but the human race.
  2. That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.
  3. President Eisenhower continues to amaze me. He appears to be an ungainly and graceless man, but when senator Robert Taft makes a move, no m…
  4. Though Americans talk a good deal about the virtue of being serious, they generally prefer people who are solemn over people who are seriou…
  5. Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
  6. He had that quality for which the Africans, who know how to appreciate it, have found a special term. 'Nommo' is the Bantu word for the gif…
  7. I am always amazed by the resistance offered to progress, even the most innocuous progress. Imagine, if you will, jumping from one rickety …
  8. He was one of the most admired men of his time - and one of the most perplexing, a paradox within himself. Twice he sought his nation's hig…

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