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"Politics is compromise."
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"Well, we are very glad that Russia is so close with NATO."
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"The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses."
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"The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background."
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"I did not come to Washington to raise the electricity rates by as much as $40 per month as this plan would do."
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"Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign."
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"Democracy is not perfect. It is an imperfection that the majority choose to support."
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"Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship."
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"This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us are Democrats. Some of us are Republicans. Some of us are Independents. Above all, we must be Oklahomans first."
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"She's leaving when the president has one of the highest approval ratings on record. From here, it can only go down. And when it does, you know who they're going to blame. They're gonna blame Andy Card!"
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"We had at our disposal the first operational jet, which superseded by at least 150 knots the fastest American and English fighters. This was a unique situation."
Politics
"Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed. The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of '42, in Russia."
War
"Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy. You could smell them because of the oil they were burning."
Time
"Nine g's is good, if the pilot can stand it. We couldn't stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II."
War
"When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter. And that's when we did it. I think we did it."
Politics
"This would only come if you have a revolutionary change in technology like the jet brought about."
Change
"The throttles could only move very, very slowly, always watching the temperature, always watching. And even in throttling back, you could bust it, even being very careful."
Being
"It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance."
Balance
"And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights."
Military
"I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production."
Design
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