David Brinkley citations

“Washington, D. C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.”

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as cited in Great Political Wit: laughing (almost) all the way to the White House (2000), Bob Dole, Random House, p. 89 : ISBN 0767906675, 9780767906678

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

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“The one function that T. V. news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.”

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as cited in One Man's America (2008), George F. Will, Random House, p. 118 (Chapter 15, Lingerie and Duct Tape) : ISBN 0307407861 9780307407863

“[Bill Clinton] has not a creative bone in his body. Therefore he is a bore and will always be a bore.”

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