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Kissinger, Henry. Quoted in "Foreign Policy: Kissinger at Hub." Written by Hedrick Smith. The New York Times, 19 Jan. 1971.

Baghdad is safe, protected. There are no American infidels in Baghdad.

Mohammed al-Sahhaf

From a press briefing during the 2003 American invasion of Iraq.

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Al-Sahhaf, Mohammed. Quoted in Sunday Telegraph. 13 Apr. 2003. Originally a press conference. c. 7 Apr. 2003, Baghdad, Iraq.

There are no warlike peoples-just warlike leaders.

Ralph J. Bunche

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Bunche, Ralph J. Address to United Nations. c. 1971, New York City, NY, USA.

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Al-Sahhaf, Mohammed. Quoted in "Baghdad is safe, the infidels are committing suicide." Written by Nicholas Watt. The Guardian, 8 Apr. 2003. Originally a briefing held in Baghdad. 7 Apr. 2003, Palestine Hotel, Baghdad, Iraq.

The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.

Sir Edward Grey

Remark just before the beginning of World War I.

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Grey, Edward. Twenty-Five Years, 1892-1916. Vo1. 2, Frederick A. Stokes, 1925, ch. 18.

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Al-Sahhaf, Mohammed. Quoted in Daily Telegraph. 10 Apr. 2003.

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Roosevelt, Eleanor. You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life. Harper, 1960.

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Roosevelt, Eleanor. This Is My Story. Harper & Brothers, 1937.

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Kissinger, Henry. Letter to Oriana Fallaci. 4 Nov. 1972.

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Kissinger, Henry. "The Viet Nam Negotiations." Foreign Affairs, Jan. 1969.

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Powell, Colin. Speech to United Nations Security Council. 5 Feb. 2003, New York, NY, USA.

We haven't found any smoking guns.

Hans Blix

Regarding inspections for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

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Blix, Hans. "Blix: No 'Smoking Guns' in Iraq." The Guardian, 9 Jan 2003. Originally a news conference. 9 Jan. 2003, United Nations Headquarters, New York City, NY, USA.

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Kissinger, Henry. "Reflections on Containment." Foreign Affairs, June 1994.

Lord of himself, though not of lands;
And having nothing, yet hath all.

Henry Wotton

The Character of a Happy Life

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Wotton, Henry. "The Character of a Happy Life." Reliquiae Wottonianae. London: R. Marriot, G. Bedel, and T. Garthwait, 1651, st. 6.

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

George Shultz

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Shultz, George. "Moral Principles and Strategic Interests: The Worldwide Movement Toward Democracy." Landon Lecture Series. 14 Apr. 1986, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

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Kennan, George Frost. The Cloud of Danger: Current Realities of American Foreign Policy. Little, Brown and Company, 1977, ch. 13.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

Abba Eban

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Eban, Abba. Speech in London. 16 Dec. 1970, London, England, UK.

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Roosevelt, Eleanor. "Intolerance." Cosmopolitan, Feb. 1940.

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Roosevelt, Eleanor. Tomorrow is Now. Harper & Row, 1963.

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Rice, Condoleezza. "CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer." Interviewed by Wolf Blitzer. CNN, 8 Sept. 2002.