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"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation."
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"Patriotism is the narcissism of countries."

"A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards."

"I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day."

"Democracy, freedom and liberty do not make us more than what we are; it is our commitment that matters."

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

"You don't necessarily need atomic bombs to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets than the life of citizens always do that every day."
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"The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it."

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

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

"Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end."

"It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it."

"For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon."
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