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"Then, all of a sudden, here I am in the Press Room in the White House and walking in with the guards, who handed me three little pieces of paper asking me to send pictures to the guards at the White House."
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"All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf."

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"You're damned if you're too thin and you're damned if you're too heavy. According to the press I've been both. Its impossible to satisfy everyone and I suggest we stop trying."

"I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy."

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