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Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.

Henry Kissinger

Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Choice Important Reputation Worth
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
The war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element that must be considered, not the means, He who intends to kill the guilty sometimes faultlessly shed the blood of the innocents
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Guilty Himself Kill Principle War Willing
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
To undertake a journey on a road never before traveled requires character and courage: character because the choice is not obvious; courage because the road will be lonely at first. And the statesman must then inspire his people to persist in the endeavor.
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Character Choice Courage Inspirational Journey Lonely People Road Travel
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it’s their fault.
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Funny Mistake People Thinking Yourself
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
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
George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
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Desire Heart Life Lose Tragedy Yourself
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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Himself Leadership Nation People
It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
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Deep Philosophy True

Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.

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