Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.
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It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
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It's no use crying over spilt summits.
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If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.
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I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.
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I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy.
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