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I am a man of principles, and my first principle is flexibility.
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When I feel the heat, I see the light.
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A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
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I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
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When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.
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There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan.
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The oil can is mightier than the sword.
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The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
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