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I believe that without Watergate we would have had an extraordinary period of success with a strong Nixon and a still vital Brezhnev in power.
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You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.
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Withdrawal of US troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public: The more US troops come home, the more will be demanded.
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Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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We have to be careful in negotiating with Iran that we don't create the impression among the Arab states and the Sunni states that we are working on a condominium between Iran and the United States, because that will panic them and drive them into making their own arrangement.
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Democracy is too important to leave up to the votes of the people.
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I grew up in Germany during the Nazi period, and I came to this country when I was 15. And then I had to work in a factory because we had no resources. And I went to night school. So, it was not a rational ambition for me to become a world statesman.
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Any international system must have two key elements for it to work. One, it has to have a certain equilibrium of power that makes overthrowing the system difficult and costly. Secondly, it has to have a sense of legitimacy.
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World population needs to be decreased by 50%
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The history of things that didn't happen has never been written.
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Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.
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Almost every peace process that has gone on between the Arab side and Israel, the United States has been somewhat isolated because most of the countries in the world, what they really want is to accept the Arab peace plan or so-called peace plan, which in its present form would lead to the destruction of Israel.
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Obama is like a chess player who is playing simultaneous chess and has opened his game with an unusual opening.
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If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.
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No one will ever win the battle of the sexes there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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I can think of no faster way to unite the American people behind George W. Bush than a terrorist attack on an American target overseas. And I believe George W. Bush will quickly unite the American people through his foreign policy.
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We cannot give Russia veto over deployment of forces on NATO territory. But we have to understand their particular sensitivities, and, therefore, there should be a dialogue on these issues.
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The emergence of a unified Europe is one of the most revolutionary events of our time.
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The test of policy is how it ends, not how it begins. Foreign policy is the art of establishing priorities. Demonization is not a policy it is an alibi for the absence of one. The test is not absolute satisfaction but balanced dissatisfaction.
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To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal
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