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George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.

Henry Kissinger

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
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
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
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
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
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
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 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 without freedom, even if sustained by momentary exaltation, eventually creates its own counterpoise; yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Creation Freedom Peace Rule
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
Politicians are like dogs, Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable
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Commitment Dog Expectation Growth Life Politics
It is one of history’s ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.
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Class History Oneself
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
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk 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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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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