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"I said I didn't want to run for president. I didn't ask you to believe me."
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"There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory."

"If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a smart accountant can keep a thief from paying taxes, a smart reporter could ruin your reputation- unfairly."

"We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things. And we'll do it not so much with speeches that will bring people to their feet as with speeches that bring people to their senses."

"The price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that someday they might force their beliefs on us."

"The mugger who is arrested is back on the street before the police officer, but the person mugged may not be back on the street for a long time, if ever."

"I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week."
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"A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right."

"This President is going to lead us out of this recovery."

"When asked for your views, by the press or others, remember that what they really want to know is the President's views."

"I had to perform at the White House for the president, That's always kind of a weird set to try to put together."

"The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive."

"A master of improvised speech and improvised policies."

"I'm glad Reagan is president. Of course, I'm a professional comedian."

"The President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound... These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for the president."
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