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President tends to feel that he cannot go beyond what the public will support him in doing. So he tries not to decide what is the best course so much as to decide what the people will support.

Walter Millis

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Walter Millis
Age: 69 †
Born: 1899
Born: March 16
Died: 1968
Died: March 17
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