High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions…

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Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by...

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by...

The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid...

The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid...

The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.

The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should...

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should...

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace...

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace...

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples.

The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples.

No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment...

No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment...

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does...

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does...

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot...

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot...

Next week there can't be any crisis. My schedule is already full.

Next week there can't be any crisis. My schedule is already full.

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the...

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the...

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that...

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that...

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

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

We are all the President's men.

We are all the President's men.

If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly...

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly...