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"Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings."
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"I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent."

"Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped."

"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."

"You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own."

"No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction."

"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them."

"It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something."

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."
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"Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert."

"Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work."

"Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect?"

"America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there."

"A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to."
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