I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard!
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Nationality: American Type: Journalist Born: December 12, 1805 Death: May 24, 1879 |
The State Department desperately needs to be vigorously harnessed. It has too big a role to play in the formulation of foreign policy, and foreign policy is too important to be left up to foreign service officers.

