| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 536 |
| AUTHOR: | Donald T Regan, White House chief of staff |
| QUOTATION: | When one goes through combat-patrol work, one quickly learns that the best target is the person who “stands on the skyline. . . .” Indians knew it, Indian scouts knew it, soldiers, sailors and all marines know it…. A chief of staff is supposed to know it, but sometimes there is no way a chief of staff can stay off the skyline. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On President Ronald Reagan’s advance knowledge of arms sales to Iran, statement to Senate-appointed commission, quoted by William Safire “Teed Off over Teed Up” ib 19 Apr 87 |
| SUBJECTS: | The World: Politics & Government: Officials & Other Personages |
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