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I found him brilliant, charming, of global stature in his perceptions ... he did not suffer fools gladly. Since he had many to contend with with, this provided him with more than his ordinary share of enemies.
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Henry Kissinger, in The White House Years (1979)

 

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

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