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George Wildman Ball citáty a výroky

„Znal jsem ho jen z četby, byl pro mne legendární postavou, kterou jsem pozoroval z dálky. Stejně jako demokrat Stevenson jsem měl na LBJ velmi běžný názor, že je schopný politický manipulátor, 'vyjednávač', který je ochoten kvůli dohodě ustoupit i v politice, jíž jsem byl zcela oddaný.“

George Wildman Ball

Zdroj: [Graubard, Stephen, Prezidenti, BB art, 1, Praha, 2007, 978-80-7341-973-8, 14. kapitola - poznámky, 722, česky]

George Wildman Ball: Citáty anglicky

“Nothing propinks like propinquity.”

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George Ball (diplomat)

The "Ball Rule of Power" <br class="br">Zdroj: Hugh, Sidey, Learning How to Build a Barn, Time, October 17, 1983, 14 September 2018 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952191,00.html,

“... the ultimate lesson of the Liberty attack had far more effect on policy in Israel than in America. Israel's leaders concluded that nothing they might do would offend the Americans to the point of reprisal. If America's leaders did not have the courage to punish Israel for the blatant murder of American citizens, it seemed clear that their American friends would let them get away with almost anything.”

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George Ball (diplomat)

On the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty
Zdroj: [Ball, George W., Ball, Douglas B., The Passionate Attachment: America's Involvement with Israel 1947 to the Present, 1992, W.W. Norton, 0-393-02933-6, 58]