American - Businessman | June 3, 1931 - August 15, 2013
If the house is on fire, and the fireman shows up, you don't question his color or credentials. You don't send him back to the firehouse and say, 'Send somebody else.'
Bert Lance
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If you have a situation where you need help, it doesn't make any difference where it comes from.
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In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get votes.
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Some people just decide they won't vote for you, but it doesn't have to be all negative.
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Jesse Jackson is not anti-Semitic, but in politics, you always get in trouble when you try to be cute.
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It's never easy to say you're sorry.
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I don't see I'll ever arrive at the point where I'll say, 'Lance old boy, you've arrived at success.' There's no question about it. Once you get to the point where you've arrived at a station called success, you get complacent and lethargic. Those goals you set keep changing. But it's not a ruthless sort of thing.
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I don't know how smart I am. I just try to be what I am. I hope I'm modest. I think that's a desirable trait.
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