"A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages."

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"No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology."

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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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"This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim."

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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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"It is difficult for a man laden with riches to climb the steep path, that leads to bliss."

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"Whoever has My commandments and keeps them loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and show Myself to him."

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"None are so blind as those who will not see."

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"Humility is not thinking less of myself, but thinking about myself less."

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"God eagerly awaits the chance to bless the person whose heart is turned toward Him."

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"A fair price for oil is whatever you can get plus ten to twenty per cent."

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"My kid asked if he could borrow ten dollars. When I only gave him five dollars he said "Okay since you owe me the other five dollars we'll call it even.""

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"God tells us to burden him with whatever burdens us."

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