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Chester Bowles
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“I believe that we should take every opportunity to challenge the assumption that our European allies are doing us a favor whenever they provide us with the necessary facilities from which to defend their own continent.”
Chester Bowles (1901–1986) first seen 1962 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chester Bowles, "The Azores," White House Memorandum to President John F. Kennedy, Washington, DC, June 4, 1962. Quoted in Alexander Cooley and Hendrik Spruyt, Contracting States: Sovereign Transfers in International Re…
“Government is too big and important to be left to the politicians.”
Chester Bowles (1901–1986) first seen 1951 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in in Forbes Magazine, vol. 68, 1951.
“And why should we, of all people, expect the proud new developing nations to see the world precisely as we see it? Was any new nation ever more outspoken, independent and unaligned than the young America of Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln?”
Chester Bowles (1901–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To some extent we are all the prisoners of stereotypes; we see each other in terms of distorted and oversimplified images. Better communication in the realm of ideas, of the arts, and of science can help refashion these false images. And by seeing more clearly we may act more wisely.”
Chester Bowles (1901–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source