Carolina QuotesA man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it.
Robert Ruark Carolinian
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Reported in Victor Lasky, J.F.K.: The Man and the Myth (New York: Macmillan Co., 1963) ch. 4 (p. 60)
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- 1963
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- p. 60
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