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Sometimes you don't know if you're Caesar about to cross the Rubicon or Captain Queeg cutting your own tow line.
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Quoted in George Will (1992 (date of quote) 6 March 2005 (date of article)). "Wrong on All Counts". Washington Post: p. B07. 

 

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