Leonard Garment Quotes
Power in Washington is simply the perception of power.
Leonard Garment, Counselor to the President (Republican), Quoted in Regardie's, October 1987
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The phrase “short strokes” is a metaphor from the rowing racing tactic of as the finish line is approached, the boat maximizes speed by the rowers making shorter stokes, but at a much faster rate.
In 2014 he was accused of money laundering and placed under house arrest by the Russian Government. This typically was the first step in seizing some or all of his assets. When that is done, typically there are local and national politicians who will benefit as they will be able to “buy” the assets from the government at pennies on the dollar.
The WWI veterans lobby was formed and they pressured Congress into authorizing a bonus of between $1 and $1.25 for each day of wartime service. However, the catch was that they would not be paid until 1945 unless they did, Hence the name for the bonus. The Bonus March on Washington would eventually march on Washington to get their pay while they were still alive. Finally, the bonuses were paid immediately after Franklin Delano Roosevelt assumed the Presidency even though he personally opposed paying it early. Congress passed the law over his veto.
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Leonard Garment was an American attorney, public servant, and arts advocate. He served U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in the White House in various positions from 1969 to 1976, including Counselor to the President, acting Special Counsel to Nixon for the last two years of his presidency, and U.S. Ambassador to the Third Committee at the United Nations.
