The American people are a practical lot. I think they are more entertained than influenced by the high blood pressure of politicians, and they do not take seriously either their campaign professions of perfection or their prophesies of disaster.
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December 16, 1940
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9 Law Soc’y J. 301 (1940) (address before the Law Society of Massachusetts, Boston, Oct. 16, 1940).
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The American people are a practical lot. I think they are more entertained than influenced by the high blood pressure of politicians, and they do not take seriously either their campaign professions of perfection or their prophesies of disaster.
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