fool mistake

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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

"Now, first of all, Reade," began the president, "I am disgusted at learning of one fool mistake that you've made."

From The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)