-- truman: give me a one-handed basher! all my bashers say, 'on the one hand… on the other.'
-- reagan: how do you tell a basher? well, it's someone who reads charts and rants. and how do you tell an anti-basher? it's someone who understands charts and rants.
-- washington: to be prepared for bashers is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
-- eisenhower, unedited: pessimism never won any battle.