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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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Birth: | 1st October, 1911 |
Death: | 26th February, 1993 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist |
Fletcher Knebel was born in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was an American author of several popular works of political fiction. In 1934 he graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He spent the next 20 years working for newspapers, eventually becoming the political columnist for Cowles Publications. He wrote several novels include: Seven Days in May, Convention, Trespass, Dark Horse, and Sabotage.
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