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If the large power voluntarily abstains from using its full power or feels the strategic situation to be such that it ca

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"If the large power voluntarily abstains from using its full power or feels the strategic situation to be such that it cannot do so, it in effect loses the advantage of being a big power"

- Elliot Richardson

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This quote is written / told by Elliot Richardson between July 20, 1920 and December 31, 1999. He/she was a famous Lawyer from USA. The author also have 19 other quotes.

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