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Clearly, mistakes were made.

George H.W. Bush

Speech to the American Enterprise Institute, December 3, 1986

On the Iran-Contra scandal.

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Bush, George H. W. Speech at the American Enterprise Institute. 3 Dec. 1986, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, USA.

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Disraeli, Benjamin. Address on the abolition of corn laws. House of Commons. 15 March 1838, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 39: The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles." Independent Journal, 16 Jan. 1788.

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Madison, James. "No. 39: Constitution is strictly republican; is both federal and national.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Lincoln, Abraham. First Annual Message to Congress. 3 Dec. 1861, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

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Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.

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Lincoln, Abraham. Remarks in Illinois. 20 Nov. 1860, Springfield, IL, USA.

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Abraham Lincoln. "Remarks at Springfield, Illinois, November 20, 1860." The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, edited by Roy P. Basler. Vol. 4, Rutgers University Press, 1955.

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 48: These Departments Should Not Be So Far Separated as to Have No Constitutional Control Over Each Other." New York Packet, 1 Feb. 1788.

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Madison, James. "No. 48: Some blending of powers is necessary.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Jefferon, Thomas. "The Response." 12 Feb. 1790.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "The Response, 12 February 1790." The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: November 1789 to 4 July 1790, edited by Julian P. Boyd. Vol. 16, Princeton University Press, 1961.

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Churchill, Winston. Note to his personal secretary John Colville. 21 June 1941.

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Burke, Edmund. Philosophical Enquiry in the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. London: R and J. Dodsley, 1757, pt. 4, sect. 18.

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Burke, Edmund. "Philosophical Enquiry in the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009, pt. 4, sect. 18.

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Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae [On the Consolation of Philosophy]. 524, bk. 2, poem 3.

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Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Victor Watts. Penguin Classics, 1999, bk. 2, poem 3.

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Washington, George. "The Address of Gen. Washington to the People of America on His Declining the Presidency of the United States." Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 19 Sept. 1796.

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Washington, George. "Farewell Address, September 19, 1796." George Washington: Writings, edited by John Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

When you are at Rome live in the Roman style: when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere.

St. Ambrose

Quoted in Letter to Casulanus, by Saint Augustine

Saint Ambrose's advice to Saint Augustine.

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Saint Ambrose. Quoted in "Letter To Casulanus, From Saint Augustine." c. 396, ch. 32.

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Washington, George. "The Address of Gen. Washington to the People of America on His Declining the Presidency of the United States." Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 19 Sept. 1796.

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Washington, George. "Farewell Address, September 19, 1796." George Washington: Writings, edited by John Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

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Bush, George H. W. Decision to send U.S. troops to defend Saudi Arabia against Iraqi troops. 8 Aug. 1990, Washington, DC, USA.

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Wilson, Woodrow. Speech in Des Moines. 1 Feb. 1916, Des Moines Coliseum, Des Moines, IA, USA.

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Washington, George. "The Address of Gen. Washington to the People of America on His Declining the Presidency of the United States." Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 19 Sept. 1796.

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Washington, George. "Farewell Address, September 19, 1796." George Washington: Writings, edited by John Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

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Obama, Barack. Speech to anti-war rally. 2 Oct. 2002, Federal Plaza, Chicago, IL, USA.