Neil Sheehan (Cornelius Mahoney "Neil" Sheehan) Quotes
We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors did. We felt we would help to do that by reporting the truth. And so there was the moral outrage over this general and the ambassador in Saigon who kept denying the truth we would see.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government.
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If every other store in town is paying workers $9 an hour, one offering $8 will find it hard to hire anyone - perhaps not when unemployment is high, but certainly in normal times. Robust competition is a powerful force helping to ensure that workers are paid what they contribute to their employers' bottom lines.
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We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors did. We felt we would help to do that by reporting the truth. And so there was the moral outrage over this general and the ambassador in Saigon who kept denying the truth we would see.
