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The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.
The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.
Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
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- Henry Kissinger
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- Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Henry Kissinger: life dates 1923 to 2023. Wikidata Q66107, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66107 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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