Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1445 |
| AUTHOR: | Theodore Draper (1912–) |
| QUOTATION: | We have, in truth, resorted to power [in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Vietnam] because our politics has failed. Since no politician can afford to admit this, we must pretend that we are resorting to power in order to make our politics succeed. |
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| SUBJECTS: | Power |