The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.

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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching, but also without attempting to play God.

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