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“(President) Lyndon Johnson still snapped between exultation and insecurity.”
“A confused and weak man hides his weakness and uncertainty with fiery speeches.”
“Almost alone among successful politicians, he took slights personally.”
“Fifties advertising was a dogmatic art, to the point of pretending to be a science.”
“They made strategy at 33,000 feet (on) the campaign plane.”
“The task of defending capitalism was still important to leave to the capitalists.”
“Rebelling against the status quo was one of the definitions of conservatism.”