"In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate."
"America stood at the summit of power, emerging from the Cold War as an economic, cultural and military force without equal."
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Source: Lincoln Chafee (2010). “Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President”, p.9, Macmillan
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