"A foreign policy aimed at the achievement of total security is the one thing I can think of that is entirely capable of bringing this country to a point where it will have no security at all."

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Source : "The Illusion of Total Security". Radcliffe Commencement Address on June 16, 1954. The Atlantic Monthly, No.194, August 1954.

George F. Kennan

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Achievement Quotes

“You tempt me. I canâ€™t be tempted. Iâ€™m not made to be tempted.”
“Since suffering confers no rights on its victims, we who witness are the ones responsible for restoring these lost rights.”
“I guess the big thing is that I don't buy anything first-hand. It's a personal policy I have for all sorts of reasons. If you research to the textile industry yourself, you'll know why. I came to it personally.”
“Foolish names and foolish faces often appear in public places.”
“I needed another soda. Iâ€™d only had six since breakfast.”
“Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.”
“You've got to be willing to forgive and say, 'God, get something good out of something bad.' And if you'll make that choice... God will do it.”
“The enemy is always in the mind.”

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