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Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed.

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I also do not believe that the United States can let itself be driven into a political role by escalating terrorism, and therefore, the leaders of the Arab world and Arafat should do their utmost to put an end to this and then the United States should do its utmost to produce a political solution.
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I grew up as a discriminated minority in a dictatorship, so obviously the issue of human rights is a matter of concern for me.
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The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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I see the future of China as growth. I think that historically China has often gone through periods of consolidation, and then periods of sort of weakening central authority. They undoubtedly face tremendous challenges.
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I have always expressed respect for those people who make public declarations.
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The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions.
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If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.
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The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.
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Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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Before there was the Soviet Union that could inflame matters. Now you have states not as powerful as the Soviet Union, but states like Iraq, like Iran, and to some extent Syria, having made it possible for some of these groups to operate. So it is a very difficult situation.
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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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I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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Why should we flagellate ourselves for what the Cambodians did to each other?
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For the Soul of France is masterful history, brilliantly researched, and hard to put down.
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Left to its own devices, the State Department machinery tends toward inertia rather than creativity it is always on the verge of turning itself into an enormous cable machine.
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Let us fashion together a new world order.
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Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed. History is a tale of efforts that failed, or aspirations that weren’t realized. So, as a historian, one has to live with a sense of the inevitability of tragedy.
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Power is the great aphrodisiac.
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I go out with actresses because I'm not apt to marry one.
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A diamond is a chunk of coal that is made good under pressure.
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