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The future comes one day at a time.
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The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.
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The great corrupter of public man is the ego.
...Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
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The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.
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The great corrupter of public man is the ego.
Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
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A memorandum is not written to inform the reader, but to protect the writer.
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Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
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The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.
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I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.
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Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft.
When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
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Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.
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Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.
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You see, you all start with the premise that democracy is some good.
I don't think it's worth a damn. I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore he used to say, Tyranny tempered by assassination, but lots of assassination. People say, If the Congress were more representative of the people it would be better. I say the Congress is too damn representative. It's just as stupid as the people are; just as uneducated, just as dumb, just as selfish. You know the Congress is a perfect example, and created to be a perfect example.
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Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.
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The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
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We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.
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Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
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A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
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The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.
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I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.