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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

Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
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
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
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
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
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
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
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
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War

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