"We will be safer from terrorist attack only when we have earned the respect of all other nations instead of their fear, respect for our values and not merely our weapons."
-Theodore C. Sorensen
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"Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.“
-Theodore C. Sorensen
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"We shall listen, not lecture learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might."
-Theodore C. Sorensen
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"We have convinced over one billion members of the Islamic faith that we are prejudiced against their religion, that we would deny them freedom of religion, that we want suppress their culture and invade their governments."
-Theodore C. Sorensen
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"With the help of dedicated Americans from our party, every party, and no party at all, I intend to mount that stairway to preach peace for our nation and world."
-Theodore C. Sorensen
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"Now people all across America are starting to believe in America again. We are coming back, back to the heights of greatness, back to America's proud role as a temple of justice and a champion of peace."
-Theodore C. Sorensen
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"We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership."
-Theodore C. Sorensen
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"I have prayed to God that he give me the strength to survive each day and to face those times in my life that will be extremely painful. I have put my total faith in God, and he will take care of me."
-Susan Smith
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"I saw him... at peace in my armchair. I remember wishing he could stay in peace like that forever. I had a feeling of easing his burden with my strength."
-Dennis Nilsen
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"The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it."
-Adolf Hitler
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"Strength lies not in defence but in attack."
-Adolf Hitler
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"The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well ordered homes of the people."
-Lydia Sigourney
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"Strength is a matter of the made-up mind."
-John Beecher
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