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title: "3 Character President Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [And it would be a bit out of character. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may have started out as a reformer, but he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kenyon/and-it-would-be-a-bit-out-of-character-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan/)

[Peter Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kenyon/)

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> [I'd been concerned all along that the character of the president in the West Wing pilot would throw the ensemble out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-sorkin/i-d-been-concerned-all-along-that-the-character-of-the-president-in/)

[Aaron Sorkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-sorkin/)

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> [In a president, character is everything. A president doesn't have to be brilliant... He doesn't have to be clever; you can hire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-noonan/in-a-president-character-is-everything-a-president-doesn-t-have-to-be/)

[Peggy Noonan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-noonan/)

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