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"PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics." -
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Top 5 quotes from Ambrose Bierce
"The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge."
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"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret."
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Top 5 quotes from Presidency
"I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to."
"I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a President, and I think I'll go along with them."
"PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics."
"A President either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a single moment."
"No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members of his immediate family. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President."
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