"The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office."

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"I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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"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."

Bob Woodward, American Journalist

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"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

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"A mistake is a stepping stone to success."

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"You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own."

Billy Joel, American Musician

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"No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

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"We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side."

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"Always remember that the future comes one day at a time."

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"If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past."

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"We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation."

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"I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office."

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"A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer."

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"The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president."

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"I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured."

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"The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem."

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