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The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.

Henry Kissinger

It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
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
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
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
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
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
We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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Growth Live Strong Time Weakness
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
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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Blessing Destiny Eyes God Leadership People Play
If history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.
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History Justice Peace Teaching
It is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.
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Learning Nation Past
A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.
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End Establishment History Power Rise War
If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.
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Fear Insecurity Nation Represent
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation

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