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• The politicians's passion is to be mistaken for a statesman. -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981
• A clear conscience needs no public information officer. -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981
• A general leading the State Department resembles a dragon commanding ducks.
  -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981...
• A lobbyist's pagoda is build on a foundation of night soil. -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981
• A scholar sent to the United Nations is condemned to attend an eternity of faculty meetings.
  -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981...
• Finding out what goes on in the C.I.A. is like performing acupuncture on a rock.
  -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981...
• Legislation is a series of catastrophes that results in a policy. -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981
• Speaking on the record to a journalist is like feeding noodles to a tiger.
  -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981...
• The Cabinet is a pig, a serpent, a tiger and an ox brought together and told to produce offspring.
  -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981...