"The windfall of great riches can, if mismanaged,……" — Michael Mandelbaum
"The windfall of great riches can, if mismanaged, make things worse, not better, for the recipients."
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36 Quotes by Michael Mandelbaum
Michael Mandelbaum has 36 quotes on this site.
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If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be…
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The war on terror, I believe, will be waged by effective intelligence and police work and cruise missiles.
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People do not change when you tell them they should; they change when they tell themselves they must,
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In my experience, it's not just that serious books get a hearing on comedy shows. But serious books get a…
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After all, the past is our only real guide to the future, and historical analogies are instruments for distilling and…
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First of all, the world criticizes American foreign policy because Americans criticize American foreign policy. We shouldn't be surprised about…
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The world needs a strong America.
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All policy is a matter of gains and losses, upsides and downsides.
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American foreign policy, for all its shortcomings, has underpinned political stability around the world.
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Football is controlled violence, but it is violence, which people have loved to watch since the gladiatorial contests in ancient…
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Great wars can only be fought by great powers.
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Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United…
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