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A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the wr...  
Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.   Time
Between 9 and 10 AM the American radio is concerned almost exclusively...  
Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.  
Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.  
I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is so...  
I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful emplo...  
Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxio...  
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a tim...  
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.  
The future comes one day at a time.  
The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror di...  
The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.  
The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important...  
The most important aspect of the relationship between the president an...  
Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent def...  
Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a ...  
We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Na...