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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

Henry Kissinger

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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Argument Beginning End War
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
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
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
Later I learned to improve my forecasting—if necessary by asking the visitor in advance what subjects he intended to raise with Nixon.
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Learning Myself Necessary
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
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
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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Experience Important World
The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.
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Moral Right Risk Survive
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
Americans hold that every problem has a solution; Chinese think that each solution is an admission ticket to a new set of problems.
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Perspective Problem Thinking

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