Joe Klein Quotes

Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy of arrogance and a domestic policy that is cynical, myopic and cruel.

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This record speaks to not only the caliber of play on the field, but to the support of our fans over the years. Congratulations to the fans, the staffs and the players for making the league such a success.

success support play

What can you say -- the guy doesn't have a peer

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A lot of it was purely fictional, speculation on my part. I figured the reaction from the White House was that whoever wrote this thing had no idea what the Clintons were all about. Then, shockingly, people in the White House started accusing each other of having written it. That reaction was what really set if off.

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We should never go to war unless we have been attacked or are under direct, immediate threat of attack. Never. And never again.

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George W. Bush will surely deserve that woolliest of all peace prizes, the Nobel.

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I invented the psychological histories and the relationship between Jack and Susan Stanton. I didn't know anything about the Clintons. I don't know more about the Clintons' marriage than you do.

marriage

Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymity goes back to the Bible.

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