Robert Dallek - True, most Americans give lip service to the proposition that even the most exalted ...

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True, most Americans give lip service to the proposition that even the most exalted among us have their flaws, but we are eager to believe that presidents manage to rise above the limitations that beset the rest of us.

Robert Dallek

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Die meisten Amerikaner geben zwar einen Lippenbekenntnis zu der Behauptung, dass selbst die Erhabensten unter uns ihre Mängel haben, aber wir sind bestrebt zu glauben, dass die Präsidenten es schaffen, sich über die Beschränkungen zu stellen, die den Rest von uns bedrohen.

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