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" The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry. "

Henry Kissinger

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" A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone. "

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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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" I don't see the wisdom in modern politicians that I once saw in men like Dean Acheson, David Bruce, or George Marshall. In my day, the northeastern establishment dominated foreign policy formulation, but the composition and distribution of our population is very different today. "

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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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" I don't ascribe to myself any special competence in economic insight. I translate what I hear from highly intelligent people into political and philosophical propositions. "

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

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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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