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"The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision."
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"While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive."
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"If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress."
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"The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision."
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"People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would require me to stop talking for three hours."
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"A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone."
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"We are all the President's men."
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"Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative."
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"I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850."
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"The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples."
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"No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none."
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