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The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

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The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

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Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.

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Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.

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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.

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My first book was the book that changed my life.

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My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.

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Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.

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Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will.

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Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Historian

Born: January 10th, 1936

Died: October 13th, 2002

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