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“The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit.”

Book:How the Good Guys Finally Won: Notes from an Impeachment Summer

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How the Good Guys Finally Won: Notes from an Impeachment Summer

This book offers an in-depth look at the political intrigue and historical significance of a notable impeachment, providing readers with a detailed narrative of the events that unfolded during the summer of the impeachment. more

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Jimmy Breslin

Jimmy Breslin was an influential American journalist, born on October 17, 1930, and passed away on March 19, 2017. Known for his unique writing style and profound insights into the lives of New York City's underclass. more

“On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, the well-known German statesman, an eminent member of the Catholic Party, wrote to the Minister of War, General von Falkenhayn, "We must not worry about committing an offence against the rights of nations nor about violating the laws of humanity. Such feelings today are of secondary importance"? A month later, on October 21, 1914, he wrote in Der Tag, "If a way was found of entirely wiping out the whole of London it would be more humane to employ it than to allow the blood of A SINGLE GERMAN SOLDIER to be shed on the battlefield!"”

“Notice, for example, that people who talk about "the joys of childhood" are always adults. Only an adult, utterly remote from the reality of childhood, could suppose it is time of joys.”

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