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"There were dragons to slay in the old days. Nixon was a good dragon."

Pat Oliphant, Australian Cartoonist

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"There were dragons to slay in the old days. Nixon was a good dragon."

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"There were dragons to slay in the old days. Nixon was a good dragon."

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