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“I know as well as any one, [the devil] is an adversary, whom if we resist, he will fly from usbut I seldom resist him at all; from a terror, that though I may conquer, I may still get a hurt in the combatso ... instead of thinking to make him fly, I generally fly myself.”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)
“I had many problems in my conduct of the office being contrasted with President Kennedys conduct in the office, with my manner of dealing with things and his manner, with my accent and his accent, with my background and his background. He was a great public hero, and anything I did that someone didnt approve of, they would always feel that President Kennedy wouldnt have done that.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (19081973)
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