The American people are strange in their attitudes toward their idols," he (Taft) mused. They lead them on and then "cut — Doris Kearns Goodwin
The American people are strange in their attitudes toward their idols," he (Taft) mused. They lead them on and then "cut — Doris Kearns Goodwin
The American people are strange in their attitudes toward their idols," he (Taft) mused. They lead them on and then "cut — Doris Kearns Goodwin
The American people are strange in their attitudes toward their idols," he (Taft) mused. They lead them on and then "cut — Doris Kearns Goodwin
The American people are strange in their attitudes toward their idols," he (Taft) mused. They lead them on and then "cut — Doris Kearns Goodwin
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The American people are strange in their attitudes toward their idols," he (Taft) mused. They lead them on and then "cut their legs from under them," simply "to make their fall all the greater.

— Doris Kearns Goodwin
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