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"The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified."
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"Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt."

"A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt."

"I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights."

"The moment-of-conception fallacy implies that fertilization is a simple process with never a doubt as to whether it has or has not happened."

"Doubters only doubt what they doubt."

"Doubt never brings anything better, Doubt only gets the goodies of doubt! Shake your doubt!"

"Maybe if I'd not been able to kick a ball it would have been different, but I doubt it because all my mates are decent blokes now, just normal fellas with families."
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"If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard."

"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."

"People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?"

"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."

"Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us."

"The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies."

"Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government."

"Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect."

"Clinton... believes that the Washington Press Corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters would understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives."

"Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations."
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