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“For the first and not the last time in American history, a measure was adopted when the leader of the opposing party led the charge for it. The modern cliché is “Only Nixon could go to China”—only such a strong anti-communist could regularize relations with that country.”
― Chris DeRose, Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation