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The important thing is to do the right thing. Then credibility will follow.

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In his essay, ‘Perpetual Peace,’ the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture.
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Clearly security without values is like a ship without a rudder. But values without security are like a rudder without a ship.
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The British capitalize on their accent when they don't want you to know what they're saying. But if you wake them up at 4 A.M., they speak perfect English, the same as we do.
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The true conservative is not at home in social struggle. He will attempt to avoid unbridgeable schism, because he knows that a stable social structure thrives not on triumphs but on reconciliations.
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Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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Let me make my point about Vietnam. When the Nixon initiation came into office, there were 550,000 Americans in combat. And ending the war was not a question of turning off a television channel. And so, debating on how we got there and what judgments were made was not going to help us.
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The history of things that didn't happen has never been written.
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In 10 years, there will be no more Israel.
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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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One thing I don't want around me is a military intellectual. I don't have to worry about you on that score.
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A return to the 1967 lines and the abandonment of the settlements near Jerusalem would be such a psychological trauma for Israel as to endanger its survival.
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