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“If we are willing to concede the President dictatorial authority where we happen to agree with him, as liberals have tended to do over the years, we will have little chance of tying his hands when we do not....You will see why many of us in the Congress understand how Dr. Frankenstein must have felt when his creation ran amok.”

Quote by George McGovern

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George McGovern

George McGovern was an American historian renowned for his research on 20th-century American politics and diplomacy. His works delved deeply into the foreign and domestic policies of the United States during the Cold War, shaping the understanding of modern international relations. more

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