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In 10 years, there will be no more Israel.
Henry A. Kissinger
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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.
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I would have said, before the World Trade Center events, that he would try to get a normal relationship with China - making clear to China what the limits are of what America can accept, but also showing understanding for some of Chinese necessities. I thought he was moving towards the position that I have more or less advocated.
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I know Hillary Clinton as a person. And as a personal friend, I would say yes, she'd be a good president. But she'd put me under a great conflict of interest if she were a candidate because I intend to support the Republicans.
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