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In effect, none of the most important countries which must build a new world order have had any experience with the multi-state system that is emerging. Never before has a new world order had to be assembled from so many different perceptions, or on so global a scale.

Henry Kissinger

The art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
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Art Avoid Revenge
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
In his essay, ‘Perpetual Peace,’ the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture.
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Human Humanity Nature Peace Philosophy World
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
The Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
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Force Language Understand
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
It is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.
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Learning Nation Past
For Roosevelt, if a nation was unable or unwilling to act to defend its own interests, it could not expect others to respect them. Inevitably,
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Expectation Nation Respect
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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Book Mistake Myself
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God
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Blessing Destiny Eyes God Leadership People Play
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics

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In effect, none of the most important countries which must build a new world order have had any experience with the multi-state system that is emerging. Never before has a new world order had to be assembled from so many different perceptions, or on so global a scale.

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