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I've never felt like I had anything important to say.

I have never been hurt by what I have not said.

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.

I have no affectation when I speak.

Nothing anybody's said or written about me ever bothers me, except when it does.

I've done no harm to no one. In fact, I think I've improved the world.

The unspoken word never does harm.

I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody.

I never felt an obligation to say every single terrible thing that happened to me.

I never came into life with any favours or privileges.