"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."

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"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."

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"I called their attention also to the absence of all means of ventilating the hall, remarking that, as we had already breathed the air which it contained for a full hour, it must have lost much of its vital properties and needed to be renewed."

George Combe, American Educator

Absence, Attention

"That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter."

Edward Everett, American Statesman

Absence, Battle, Doubt

"The system adopted in the Latin American instrument proves that, although no state can obligate another to join such a zone, neither can one prevent others wishing to do so from adhering to a regime of total absence of nuclear weapons within their own territories."

Alfonso G. Robles, American Diplomat

Absence, State, Weapons

"In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I might be recalled within a few months. And so I was a free man, at least for a while."

George Grosz, German Artist

Absence, Man, Military, Months

"If he does go, the change will be doleful. Suppose he should be absent spring, summer, and autumn: how joyless sunshine and fine days will seem!"

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Absence, Change, Joy, Life

"God's absence in the carnage is due to one single rather unnerving fact; that at some time past He honored our request that He leave. And if we are not brutally honest with ourselves regarding that choice, it is we ourselves who have set the stage for the next tragedy."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Absence, Truth, Regret, Power, Inspirational

"The weather was fine and moderate. The hunters all returned, having killed during their absence three elk, four deer, two porcupines, a fox and a hare."

Meriwether Lewis, American Explorer

Absence, Weather

"Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made."

Jose Ortega Y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher

Absence,

"In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State."

Patrick J. Kennedy, American Politician

Absence, Children, Parents

"I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal."

Peter Cook, British Writer

Absence,

Explore more quotes by Henry A. Kissinger

"The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision."

Experience

"Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts."

History

"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."

Success

"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."

Man

"Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative."

Thought

"We are all the President's men."

Man

"The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry."

Policy

"If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent."

Business

"The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples."

Power

"Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions."

Action