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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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"No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology."
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"Any negotiation has a limit. Otherwise, war is irrelevant."
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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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"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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"Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it."
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"You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer."
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"Japan is dealing us a dead hand. For two years we have watched the Japanese drag their feet and we can't let them continue to slam the door in our faces."
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"In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together."
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"It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain."
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"This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim."
Diplomacy
"In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out."
Policy
"Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides."
Wealth
"In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion."
War
"Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in."
Adversity
"All politics are based on the indifference of the majority."
Politics
"If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology."
Home
"A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top."
Government
"Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news."
Media
"The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top."
Government
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