John McCain (1936–2018) politician from the United States
Source: 2000s, 2002, Worth the Fighting For (2002), p. 373
“All Presidents start out pretending to run a crusade but after a couple of years they find they are running something less heroic and much more intractable: namely, the presidency.”
Talk About America (1968)
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