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" I think that America's recovery of a global strategic view is an absolutely essential element of our foreign policy. "

Henry Kissinger

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" Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets. "

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" Leadership is absolutely vital if there are comparable countries which can affect the security of the world you live in. Between Lincoln and Roosevelt's time, America was protected by huge oceans and, in practice, by the British navy. Today, it's different, and the obsession of the Obama administration has been for retrenchment. "

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" The attitude of the West and of Russia towards a crisis like Ukraine is diametrically different. The West is trying to establish the legality of any established border. For Russia, Ukraine is part of the Russian patrimony. "

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

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" 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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" Art is man's expression of his joy in labor. "

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" Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. "

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