“David Brinkley: Suppose somebody was breaking into your house at night, and you didn't have a gun. Wouldn't you wish you had one?
Sam Donaldson: No, I'd call the police immediately, I'd slam the doors, I'd cower under the bed, or in the closet…
Brinkley: George?
George Will: I'd call Carl Rowan.”

— Carl Rowan

exchange on This Week with David Brinkley, June 19, 1988.
Quoington Star article entitled "Has President Nixon Gone Crazy?"

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