Stephen Farnsworth quotes
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“FBI directors serve at the pleasure of the president, but they often have terms that transcend partisan transfers of power at the White House. Firing an FBI director is a major problem from the point of view of a president who is already facing significant questions about investigations already underway.”
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“It's generally not wise to pick a fight with law enforcement in politics, especially when you're in the middle of a pretty significant scandal already.”
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“The one thing you never want to do in politics is take the hit for someone else's misconduct - especially someone as erratic as President Trump.”
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“Firing someone who is investigating you is a counterproductive strategy.”
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“Presidents are given immense power in the American political system when it comes to personnel. FBI directors are given ten-year terms to insulate them from politics as much as one can, but it's not absolute protection. If a president wants to fire an FBI director, they can do that.”
-- Stephen Farnsworth
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“Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.”
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Source : A. J. Liebling (2014). “The Sweet Science”, p.5, Macmillan
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“Shakespeare was a smart dude. He was the president of Rome.”
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“I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything.”
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“We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.”
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Source : "Thai opposition views new election" by Ram Ramgopal, edition.cnn.com. April 4, 2006.
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“The problem with the internet is that anyone can just make stuff up”
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