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One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears—by listening to them.

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Scratch any American and underneath you'll find an isolationist.

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We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked.

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It has been said that power tends to corrupt, but that loss of power tends to corrupt absolutely.

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Only one-third of human beings are asleep at one time, and the other two-thirds are awake and up to some mischief somewhere.

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Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.
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Born: February 9, 1909
Died: December 20, 1994 (aged 85)
Bio: David Dean Rusk was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Rusk is the joint-second-longest serving U.S.

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