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...opinion of Sadat, I formerly considered him one of the great statesmen of this century; I now think he is one of the greatest statesmen of all time...
...Constitution has been. No one can say exactly how long any plan will last. Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it, and sacrifice for it. Twenty-five years ago, American fighting men looked to the statesmen of the world to finish the work of peace for which they fought and suffered. We failed them. We cannot fail them again and expect the world to survive...
...Both Chou and I were engulfed by our nations' domestic dramas. But if the hopes of the end of 1973 were not to be fulfilled, at least we preserved the essence of a relationship crucial to world peace amid stresses in both countries. Statesmen have often done much worse...
...failed, drawn again to that time-worn language to describe the maddening contradictions of the world today. And indeed, Dickens' words may be especially apt for 1982, a year with no poetry in its sound, no numerical magic. It is a year that a number of scholars and statesmen are already predicting will be momentous for the industrial democracies of the West, a time combining peril...
Your rating of the President's men [Dec. 14] is a dynamic piece of political journalism. However, Secretary of State Alexander Haig should be given an A. He is one of the most able statesmen of our time...