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Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Henry Kissinger

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
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
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
The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America.
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Art Fight War
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
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
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
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
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
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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Evidence Friendship Lonely Mindset Path Walk

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