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“Vice President Biden's surprising declaration of unqualified support for gay marriage seems to have forced President Obama into a public endorsement of a controversial social issue. It is difficult not to suspect that Biden's pronouncement aimed to give the president some political cover.”

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Experience helped Richard Nixon, but it didn't save him, and it certainly wasn't a blanket endorsement. He blundered terribly in dealing with Vietnam.

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When Gingrich attacked CNN's John King for bringing up his alleged proposal of an open marriage to his second wife, Gingrich accused him of…

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In seeking an empire of liberty, Jefferson wished not only to expand the country's territorial holdings, but also to extend American institutions around the…

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Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure.

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Despite its flaws, the American electoral system has produced Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and Harry Truman.

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For those of us who cry out for gun control, our fears cannot be eliminated as long as the country remains an armed camp…

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The Atlantic conference in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland is a dramatic moment in World War II history because for the first time, Roosevelt…

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For style and for creating a mood of optimism and hope - Kennedy on that count is as effective as any president the country…

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As for Vietnam, what matters is that Kennedy successfully resisted pressure to send anything more than military advisers, a stance that was a likely…

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The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agent.

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Those who misrepresent the normal experiences of life, who decry being controversial, who shun risk, are the enemies of the American way of life,…

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I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at.

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I get called 'controversial' all the time.

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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.

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“When you fear nothing, you have nothing to fear”

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