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" For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon. "
Henry Kissinger
Never
Utopia
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" Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. "
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" America has fought five wars since 1945 and has gained its objectives in only one of them, the Gulf War. "
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" I have not endorsed Trump and will not do so. "
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" To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it. "
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" Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately. "
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Whatever
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Opinion
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" The Trump phenomenon is in large part a reaction of Middle America to attacks on its values by intellectual and academic communities. There are other reasons, but this is a significant one. "
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" Every first-term president has to learn something after he comes into office. Nobody can be completely ready for the inevitable crises. "
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" It's never happened in history that every region in the world could affect every other region simultaneously. The Roman empire and the Chinese empire didn't know much about each other and had no means of interacting. Now we have every continent able to reach every other. "
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World
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" No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time. "
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Act
" In crises the most daring course is often safest. "
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Course
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" I think when the president of the United States calls for military action, he should do it for a united people, especially when the methods have been so cruel, so explicitly directed at Americans. "
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People
Cruel
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" I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves. "
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Need
Important
" We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are. "
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Future
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