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Douglas Feith

"I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we are conducting diplomacy."

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"I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we are conducting diplomacy."

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"When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home."

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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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"Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once."

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"Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others."

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"British diplomats and Anglo-American types in Washington have a near-superstitious prohibition on uttering the words 'Special Relationship' to describe relations between Britain and America, lest the specialness itself vanish like a phantom at cock-crow."

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"Peace, of course, is different from divorce; indeed, in essential respects, divorce is the opposite of peace."
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"We have a substantial number of countries that have pledged and provided all kinds of support for the United States in the event that war becomes necessary in Iraq."
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"I had done a lot of reading, relative for a kid, about World War Two, and I thought about Chamberlain a lot."
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"If you live in Israel and you see the way life is there and then you go abroad and see the way Israel is reported on, the way that Israel gets reported on night after night is simply pictures of bombings or military actions."
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"The United States has some people in Europe with whom we disagree on this matter and a large number of people in Europe, including governments in Europe, with whom we agree."
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"The key to making the inspections work is the Iraqi government making the crucial decision that because of the international pressure Iraq has to disarm itself."
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"Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security."
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"Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs."
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