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
I didn't do a thing," he growls; "'Twas just a fool mistake, And he'd have captured me, of course, If he had been awake.
From With the Colors Songs of the American Service by Appleton, Everard Jack
