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"There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either."

"It is only in our decisions that we are important."

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"See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented."

"The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years."

"Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision."

"You get a lawyer whether you're in a military tribunal or whether you're in a federal court, number one. The attorney general decided that the court with the biggest - with the greatest venue, with the best jurisdiction was the New York court. That was the right decision to make."

"That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong."

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"As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas."

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