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"I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam."
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"The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same."

"Neither Johnson nor his party nor the government as a whole were willing to raise, train, equip, and then send Vietnam sufficient manpower to do the job."

"I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business."

"Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice."

"I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education."

"Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?"

"As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way."
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