"A virtuoso performance. Scott Thompsonâ€™s biography of the soldier statesman Fidel V. Ramos illustrates the fascinating and complex geography of Filipino politics and its relation with the American hegemon. Itâ€™s first-rate scholarship and equally first-rate writing."

-- F. Sionil JosÃ©

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“Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called.”
“As you develop, the people around you develop. As you progress, the world progresses with you to a certain degree.”
“I think we've had two presidents in a row that tried to unite the American people and both of them failed, quite frankly. And I think Donald Trump has decided he's going to get things done. That's going to be his measuring rod.”

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“In the closed circle of the war cabinet, pounded by terrible report after terrible report, there had been uncertainty about whether he could fend off the drift to exploring a deal with Hitler. The determination of the larger group trumped the tentativeness of the smaller, and Churchill fulfilled his role as leader by disentangling himself from defeatism--one of his singular achievements at the end of May 1940.”
“There's no labor a man can do that's undignified-if he does it right.”
“Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you were assisting at an important sacrifice. Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no feelings of opposition to you, whether it is the affairs of a state that you are handling or the affairs of a family.”
“If you want to be anxious today, pretend you're in control.”
“Take care of each man as though he were your own brother. He is.”

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