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The nuclear weapons were not useful for the achievement of political objectives.
Henry A. Kissinger
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Nixon had three goals: to win by the biggest electoral landslide in history to be remembered as a peacemaker and to be accepted by the 'Establishment' as an equal. He achieved all these objectives at the end of 1972 and the beginning of 1973. And he lost them all two months later-partly because he turned a dream into an obsession.
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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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The Israelis want security. The Arabs want dignity. And they consider the demands of each other as incompatible.
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The reason prophets are so rarely honored in their own country is that their role is to transcend the limits of their contemporaries' experience and imagination. They achieve recognition only when their vision has been turned into experience - in short, when it is too late to benefit from their foresight.
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The important thing is to do the right thing. Then credibility will follow.
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I believe in freedom of expression, and I believe that societies thrive when they permit freedom of expression.
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