Word: musts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are no awards for those who lose with moderation. Nations must not undertake military enterprises or diplomatic initiatives that they are not willing to see through...
...societies of which history informs us went through periods of decline; most eventually collapsed. Yet there is a margin between necessity and accident in which the statesman must choose. The statesman...
During fast-moving events, those at the center of decisions are overwhelmed by floods of reports compounded of conjecture, knowledge, hope and worry. Only rarely does a coherent picture emerge; in a sense coherence must be imposed on events by the decision maker, who seizes the challenge and turns it opportunity by assessing correctly both the circumstances and his margin for creative action. In crises this agility is akin to an athletes. Decisions must be made very rapidly; physical endurance is tested as much as perception, because an enormous amount of time must be spent making certain that...
...needed the space program; a society that does not stretch its horizons will soon shrink them. The argument that we must solve all our problems on earth before venturing beyond our planet will confine us for eternity. The world will never be without problems; they will become an obsession rather than a challenge unless mankind constantly expands its vision. Columbus would never have discovered America if 15th century Europe had applied the slogan that it needed first to solve its own problems; paradoxically, these problems would have become insoluble and Europe would have suffocated in its own perplexities...
...basement of the Executive Office Building. Nixon calmly listened to our report and approved the recommendations while incongruously holding a bowling ball in one hand. It was one of the few occasions that I saw Nixon without a coat and tie. He said that whatever was done must succeed; he was determined to stop the Syrian attack...