"So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the subsequent Administration. It allowed hostile air to wipe out the approaching invasion force."

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"So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the subsequent Administration. It allowed hostile air to wipe out the approaching invasion force."

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"I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe."

John Milton, English Poet

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"To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best."

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"I went to Ft Bragg and learned that Delta was indeed gearing up for the rescue. Still I was concerned the Reagan staff would not be willing to take the risk of sending an official military force into Laos."

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"The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"I want to force the other drivers to find a way past me."

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"Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

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"Force is the weapon of the weak."

Ammon Hennacy, American Activist

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"If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!"

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"No one is entitled to the truth."

Truth,

"So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the subsequent Administration. It allowed hostile air to wipe out the approaching invasion force."

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"I had brought up from Chile a contract agent whose cover was that of a newspaper publisher in Santiago, a young, very talented man, named Dave Phillips, who later on carved quite a career for himself in the agency."

Career, Man

"I wasn't privy to all of the intelligence that was coming in about Guatemala, but I did see the traffic that was coming in from Guatemala City, because it was very relevant to me, and of course I exchanged what I had with the chief of station in Guatemala City."

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"So you're quite right that when... as the Cold War grew and expanded out of Europe, we ourselves had to take refuge behind the shield of the Monroe Doctrine."

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"We had, after all, no other recourse to protect ourselves, no other document, let's say, than the Monroe Doctrine. So that could be cited as a cause for intervention if and when it might become necessary."

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"I would say this in terms of my career, that my career provided me with everything that I wanted, and I think a man is fortunate if he can say that at the end of his life."

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"My name is E. Howard Hunt. I'm currently retired from more than 22 years in the profession of espionage."

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