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"There is an inevitable divergence between the world as it is and the world as men perceive it."
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"There are many respects in which America, if it can bring itself to act with the magnanimity and the empathy appropriate to its size and power, can be an intelligent example to the world."

"The cause of our difficulties in southeast Asia is not a deficiency of power but an excess of the wrong kind of power which results in a feeling of impotence when it fails to achieve its desired ends."

"When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we thus encourage disorder and instability and thereby do incalculable damage to our own long-term interests."

"Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations."

"We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes."

"The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them."

"In the name of noble purposes men have committed unspeakable acts of cruelty against one another."

"There has been a tendency through the years for reason and moderation to prevail as long as things are going tolerably well or as long as our problems seem clear and finite and manageable."
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