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Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed.
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leadership
popularity
statesmanship
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Ken Follett |
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The President is also captured in a well-worn TV news clip, making a boilerplate response to a question on terrorism and then asking the reporters to watch his drive. Well, that's what you get if you catch the President on a golf course. If Eisenhower had done this, as he often did, it would have been presented as calm statesmanship. If Clinton had done it, as he often did, it would have shown his charm.
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charm
double-standards
dwight-d-eisenhower
george-w-bush
golf
hypocrisy
statesmanship
television
terrorism
united-states
war-on-terror
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Christopher Hitchens |
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Diplomacy's primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION.
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overreaction
persuasion
statesmanship
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Barbara W. Tuchman |
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3d34417
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Party animosity was concealed under a veil of studied courtesy.
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manners
statesmanship
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Barbara W. Tuchman |
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He was the most persuasive speaker, less for his words than character behind them. He made every listener feel he had done his best to master every aspect of this question, who has been driven by logic to arrive at certain conclusions, and who is disguising from us no argument on either side.
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statesmanship
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Barbara W. Tuchman |
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0c498a7
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He believed that rank without power was a sham.
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responsibility
statesmanship
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Barbara W. Tuchman |
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c98f5b8
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He had become, through a combination of heritage and character, a keeper of the national conscience.
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statesmanship
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Barbara W. Tuchman |