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"Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't."
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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."
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