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Today the Republican Party attracts neither the farmer nor the industrial worker. Why not? To represent the people one must know them. Lincoln did. The Republican Party leadership does not. The greatest praise I can give Lincoln on this his anniversary is to say he would be ashamed of his party's leadership today.
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The United States could well declare unilaterally that this stage of the Vietnam war is over—that we have "won" in the sense that our Armed Forces are in control of most of the field and no potential enemy is in a position to establish its authority over South Vietnam.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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George Aiken
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August 20, 1892
Died:
November 19, 1984
(aged 92)
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George David Aiken was an American farmer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 64th Governor of Vermont before serving in the United States Senate for 34 years, from 1941 to 1975.
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