“I think the speaker of the House in Congress should be like the Massachusetts speaker: all-powerful. He should appoint committee chairmen and remove them if they stray from the party line. H...”
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Irish historian, noted for his biographies of James Fintan Lalor (1962) and Éamon de Valera (1970).
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“I think the speaker of the House in Congress should be like the Massachusetts speaker: all-powerful. He should appoint committee chairmen and remove them if they stray from the party line. H...”
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“I have a statement on the Social Security. A lot of people approaching that age have either already retired on pensions or have made irreversible plans to retire very soon... I consider it a...”
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“When I became majority leader in Washington, I was interviewed constantly. I was always happy to talk to the press, but I drew the line at the Sunday morning talk shows on television. After...”
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“I regard myself as a grand juror waiting to hear the evidence from the prosecutor, the Judiciary Committee. I'm diametrically opposed to Nixon and everything he stands for, but I want to see...”
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“To this day, I can't understand why the closest man to Jimmy Carter, the key staff guy at the White House, didn't even join us at the White House breakfast meetings where we discussed upcomi...”
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“In 1977, when I became Speaker, I started meeting with TV reporters each morning when I arrived at work. Later in the morning, I would hold a news conference before the House opened. I alway...”
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“Let us forget the frustrations of the past and think of our unfulfilled potential.”
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“Ninety-nine percent of the time, if you're straight with the press, they'll be straight with you.”
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“The Reagan program is not working because the program is not fair - and, just as important, because the people themselves know it is not fair.”
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“You can't assume anything in politics. That's why every Saturday I walk around my district. I talk to the longshoremen in Charlestown. I listen to the people in East Boston and their concern...”
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“I said in a speech out in Peoria that with Jerry in as vice president, the pressures on Nixon to resign would be unbearable. I know that Republicans see 50 House seats flying out the window...”
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“Anyone who comes into your office with an idea, and it may be the silliest idea in the world, listen to them and never ridicule them.”
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