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"Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences."
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"No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology."
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"Any negotiation has a limit. Otherwise, war is irrelevant."
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"One picture is worth 1,000 denials."
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"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."
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"The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state."
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"Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it."
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"You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer."
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"Japan is dealing us a dead hand. For two years we have watched the Japanese drag their feet and we can't let them continue to slam the door in our faces."
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"In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together."
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"It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain."
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"Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
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"Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed."
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"While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile."
Government
"My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam."
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"To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French."
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"I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair."
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"I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans."
War
"No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight."
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"If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future."
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"Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences."
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