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If You Believe That There's A Being Superior To Yourself And That Will Guide You, Strengthen You That Helps A Lot But, You Know, You Just Have To Stay The Course. You Just Got To Stay In There. You Cannot Be Waffling Or Taking A Poll To See What People Think. You Have To Do What You Think Is Right.

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If You Believe That There's A Being Superior To Yourself And That Will Guide You, Strengthen You That Helps A Lot But, You Know, You Just Have To Stay The Course. You Just Got To Stay In There. You Cannot Be Waffling Or Taking A Poll To See What People Think. You Have To Do What You Think Is Right.

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American Way Of Life

If The American People Knew What We Have Done, They Would String Us Up From The Lamp Posts.

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Ozone Man, Ozone. He's Crazy, Way Out, Far Out, Man.

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You Know I Vowed When I Became President Not To Talk About The Loneliest Toughest Job In The World And I Didn't.

I Think It's Very Hard To Fight The War On Terrorism If We're In Retreat.

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