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Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God

Henry Kissinger

A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
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
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual 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
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 issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
A country whose security depends on producing a genius in each generation sets itself a task no society has ever met.
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Genius Security
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
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
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
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
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
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God

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