John D. Ehrlichman Quotes
I doubt he knows himself when he’s not telling the truth.
Citations
John D. Ehrlichman, Domestic Adviser to President Nixon, Quoted in Anthony Summers, The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon
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