"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do."

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"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do."

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"I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome."

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"It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore."

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