fool mistake
Example Sentences
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Dwight D. Eisenhower once described Earl Warren as “the biggest damn fool mistake I ever made.”
From Slate • Feb. 9, 2016
President Dwight D. Eisenhower is said to have called his 1953 appointment of Chief Justice Earl Warren “the biggest damn fool mistake I ever made.”
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2010
Said Dwight Eisenhower about his selection of Earl Warren: "The worst damn fool mistake I ever made."
From Time Magazine Archive
Later, dismayed that Warren turned out to be a controversial participant rather than a bland umpire, Ike described the selection as "the biggest damn fool mistake I ever made."
From Time Magazine Archive
"And Jet made the further fool mistake of declaring that he wouldn't accept the word of any midshipman in the brigade."
From Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
