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"The State Department desperately needs to be vigorously harnessed. It has too big a role to play in the formulation of foreign policy, and foreign policy is too important to be left up to foreign service officers."
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"Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all."
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"If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random."
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"Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy."
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"A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal."
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"In a constructive policy, there is 'adjust everywhere' and in a destructive policy, there is a policy of disadjustment."
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"The trade unions, far from being content with these declarations, established international liaisons and supported every policy based on pacification and understanding."
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"We have to define and put into practice a better, more coherent and effective policy on income security."
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"Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech."
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"We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might."
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"I'd like to do policy and I'd like to do philosophy, I'd like to be able to get into the depth, into the meat of the argument - that's the kind of stuff I want to do."
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"There's something about the Foreign Service that takes the guts out of people."
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"The State Department desperately needs to be vigorously harnessed. It has too big a role to play in the formulation of foreign policy, and foreign policy is too important to be left up to foreign service officers."
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