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Richard M. Nixon Quotes: Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
         

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.


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Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
         



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