"In a fight like this, unless you’re willing to lose everything to win, you lose it all by losing."

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“I’ve been through a lot of hearings about one damn thing and another. Most of the time they’re exercises in ass covering. If the unvarnished truth ever came out at one, it would be because someone screwed up.”

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