"His worst crime was that he gave no hope to the young."
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The Corrupt Presidency, p. 273 (See also: Richard M. Nixon..)
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Pierre Stephen Robert Payne
Pierre Stephen Robert Payne (4 December 1911 – 3 March 1983) was a novelist, historian, poet, and biographer. Born in Cornwall, the son of an English naval architect, and with a French mother.
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