[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history.
Maureen DowdThe insane have achieved political respectability while the sane act too good for it all. The irrational celebrate while the rational act bored and above-it-all.
Maureen DowdPresident Bush was once asked which Presidential speech he admired most. He replied that it was the one Teddy Roosevelt had in his pocket that had helped cushion the blow of a would-be assassin's bullet.
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