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A guest of one's time and not a member of the household.


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It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.



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Heroism is endurance for one moment more.



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World communism is like [a] malignant parasite which feeds on diseased tissue



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The nuclear bomb is the most useless weapon ever invented. It can be employed to no rational purpose. It is not even an effective defense against itself.



Instruments of coercion, once created, have a tendency to find their own natural masters.

Instruments of coercion, once created, have a tendency to find their own natural masters.



There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives.

There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives.



The United States should not jump around like an elephant frightened by a mouse.

The United States should not jump around like an elephant frightened by a mouse.



A political society does not live to conduct foreign policy; it would be more correct to say that it conducts foreign policy in order to live.

A political society does not live to conduct foreign policy; it would be more correct to say that it conducts foreign policy in order to live.



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War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy.



The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of self-control is never a source of strength in political affairs.

The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of self-control is never a source of strength in political affairs.





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Without loving and caring for others, most of us stand little chance of communing with God/the Divine Wisdom, no matter how many years we may spend in silent prayer.



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Happy days are here again, The skies above are clear again: Let us sing a song of cheer again, Happy days are here again!



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The public should always be notified as soon as possible in the event of a leak or other emergency at a nuclear facility.



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