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I was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes, but I think that the turnips had more to do with the effect than the potatoes. Marlene Dietrich		Friday Oct 16, 2026
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Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but the capacity to prevent it. Anne O'Hare McCormick

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	Anne O'Hare McCormick
	American journalist, 1st woman, major Pulitzer prize, journalism, 1937, European correspondent.

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The percentage of mistakes in quick decisions is no greater than in long-drawn-out vacillations, and the effect of decisiveness itself 'makes things go' and creates confidence. Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but the capacity to prevent it. The foundations of the world will be shaky until the moral props are restored.