Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
HENRY KISSINGERPower is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.
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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Politicians are like dogs, Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable
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The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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In short, the end justifies the means.
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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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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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The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends on Facebook.
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Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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