Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...think that the public takes that with a lot of salt. They know that we politicians get tired, make mistakes, get angry, just as they do in their own lives. I remember Hubert Humphrey once said that Kennedy had all the substance of a paper doily, and then a week later, Hubert said that [Kennedy's stand on an issue] was the greatest thing in the history of mankind. You know, doilies are important...
...First of all, his record on everything, domestic and foreign, is an abomination, and we intend to remind voters of it: when he called the League of Women Voters the "Rhine Maidens," when he said he wanted to tear up SALT II. Second, Reagan doesn't know anything about the Federal Government. He particularly doesn't know anything about international affairs, security matters and economics. I think the contrast with Carter is pretty impressive. Carter does know Government now, he's able, and he understands the complexities of these problems...
...only have one President. It's hard enough for the President to be in command. If anything, the presidency has been weakened too much in recent years. I think we need to strengthen the presidency again, not in terms of an excess of unaccountable power, but you know, it is really a pathetic sight that you leave a President with $1.95 a year to conduct foreign relations. For example, in the case of Nicaragua, where a little help early on might have strengthened the moderate forces, we had to spend three-quarters of the year fooling around with nothing...
...know how they will vote $12 billion when we tried so hard to get $2 billion more for new employment, and both houses of Congress went home without doing...
...frankness" Sadat added, "I believe that the ideas I submitted in this regard have not been given due consideration on your part. Dear Mr. Prime Minister Begin," Sadat concluded, "I am certain that deep in your heart you know that the attitude virtually impossible to continue the negotiations if the present attitude continues. I urge you to take the remedial measures necessary for removing the obstacles. With best wishes to you and Mrs. Begin, Muhammad Anwar Sadat...