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Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.
“Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.”
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“Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.”
“I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.”
“Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.”
“No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.”
“You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.”
“Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.”
“The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.”
“There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.”
“Turing was a quite brilliant mathematician, most famous for his work on breaking the German Enigma codes. It is no exaggeration to say that, without his outstanding contribution, the history of the Second World War could have been very different.”
“The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.”
“I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.”
“Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.”