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23 quotes by Alexander Haig

Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (December 2, 1924 – February 20, 2010) was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He also served as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, the second-highest ranking officer in the Army, and as Supreme Allied Commander Europe commanding all U.S. and NATO forces in Europe. A...
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As of now, I am in control here in the White House.

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Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your... →

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To declare the Cold War over, and declare democracy has won out over totalitarianism, is a measure of arrogance and wrong-headedness.

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Let them march all they want, as long as they continue to pay their taxes.

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The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.

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You know, it's very clear, as one looks back on history again of the Cold War that, following the crisis in Cuba, following the Khrushchev -... →

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You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.

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If they analyze the situation as thoroughly as they should, Muslims will realize they are the first targets. What are the fundamentalists really... →

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As I look back at the span of the Cold War in those early days, in the '50s, for example, there was a great deal of Soviet propaganda here in the... →

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Syria is a terrorist state by any definition and is so classified by the State Department. I happen to think Iran is too. Iraq, Iran, Syria... →

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We didn't do anything wrong, but among the lessons learned, given the magnitude of the problems we now face in Afghanistan, a major U.S. force on... →

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It didn't take long for the world to realize that the Shah was an enlightened liberal next to the bloody reactionary regime that followed, and... →

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Those who are seeking ways to tap into the potential of e-mail will find themselves in a position to capitalize on the pending explosion in Internet... →

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