"The myths have always condemned those who "looked back." Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision."

Decision-Making, Decision, Departure, Paradise, May

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"The myths have always condemned those who "looked back." Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision."

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

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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."

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"So I don't blame Boies for the decision of the Court at all."

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"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours."

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