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> [One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/one-of-the-first-lessons-a-president-has-to-learn-is-that-every-word/)

[Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/)

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> [That's one of the major lessons: no president should ever take this nation to war without full public debate in the Congress and/or in the public.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mcnamara/that-s-one-of-the-major-lessons-no-president-should-ever-take-this/)

[Robert McNamara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mcnamara/)

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