If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. ... -Richard M. Nixon

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If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

Richard M. Nixon , President
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I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business....
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion....

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