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> [We pretended there was no problem with Agent Orange after Vietnam and later the Pentagon recanted, after untold suffering by veterans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-mcdermott/we-pretended-there-was-no-problem-with-agent-orange-after-vietnam-and/)

[Jim McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-mcdermott/)

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## More by Jim McDermott

> [I have stood on the front lines of the health care system as a doctor, patient and concerned parent. Those experiences have served as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-mcdermott/i-have-stood-on-the-front-lines-of-the-health-care-system-as-a-doctor/)

[Jim McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-mcdermott/)

> [But beyond the hysteria of phantom death panels, where is the abomination? Show me the provisions that will hurt consumers, because if you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-mcdermott/but-beyond-the-hysteria-of-phantom-death-panels-where-is-the/)

[Jim McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-mcdermott/)

> [I have stood on the front lines of the health care system as a doctor, patient and concerned parent. Those experiences have served as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-mcdermott/i-have-stood-on-the-front-lines-of-the-health-care-system-as-a-doctor-2/)

[Jim McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-mcdermott/)

> [You can make people do anything if they're afraid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-mcdermott/you-can-make-people-do-anything-if-they-re-afraid/)

[Jim McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-mcdermott/)

> [I think it's a trial balloon to see what happens, and I'm not impressed with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-mcdermott/i-think-it-s-a-trial-balloon-to-see-what-happens-and-i-m-not/)

[Jim McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-mcdermott/)

> [I'm not giving the president a blank check, period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-mcdermott/i-m-not-giving-the-president-a-blank-check-period/)

[Jim McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-mcdermott/)

> [There's nothing wrong with the free-enterprise system. But it has to have some compassion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-mcdermott/there-s-nothing-wrong-with-the-free-enterprise-system-but-it-has-to/)

[Jim McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-mcdermott/)

> [I'm old enough to remember John Kennedy sending a few advisers into Vietnam. I'm very worried we'll get in and we'll get mired down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-mcdermott/i-m-old-enough-to-remember-john-kennedy-sending-a-few-advisers-into/)

[Jim McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-mcdermott/)

> [We pretended there was no problem with Agent Orange after Vietnam and later the Pentagon recanted, after untold suffering by veterans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-mcdermott/we-pretended-there-was-no-problem-with-agent-orange-after-vietnam-and/)

[Jim McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-mcdermott/)

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