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There used to be this feeling under Eisenhower and Kennedy and Roosevelt and Truman that government was a solution. Trust in the presidency fell precipitously under Johnson – real lows. And its never come back. Its a trend that, if youre liberal, is really discouraging. – Robert Caro

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I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives. – Robert Caro

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Now, for this book I had to learn the world of the Senate, which is really for all thats written about the Senate, an unknowing world and its mores, and the way things work with subcommittees and all. I loved learning about that. – Robert Caro

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Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency. – Robert Caro

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What you say about this world I do not quite agree with I think it a very good world, and only requires a person to be reasonable in his expectations, and not to trust too much to others. – William John Wills

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Im a comedian, for Gods sake. Viewers shouldnt trust me. And you know what? Theyre hip enough to know they shouldnt trust me. Im just doing stand-up comedy. – Dennis Miller

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If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and its clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again. – Bill OReilly

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He is still my father. He is still a person I know I could trust and he would never do anything against me. Once youre at the top, there are not many people like that. People always want something from you. – Martina Hingis

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