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Leadership is a dynamic tension between where a politician thinks his country must go and where his voters want it to go.

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Dick Morris
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: November 28
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New York City
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Richard S. Morris
Richard Samuel Morris
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In the real world, banks hang onto their money for fear of making bad loans, no matter how many bailouts or stimulus packages Washington passes.
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Presidents generally do what they are good at in their first four years, then spend their second term responding to the agendas imposed upon them by events.
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Take whatever position you want, but do take a position, because once you do, ample money awaits you on either side.
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