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"I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts."
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"In Yugoslavia, I'd asked for additional forces too. I even went to meet the French prime minister, and I proposed additional forces... Nobody wanted to send troops."
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"I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts."
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"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history."
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