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A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

Henry Kissinger

Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
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
Can governmental orders be invented from scratch by intelligent thinkers, or is the range of choice limited by underlying organic and cultural realities (the Burkean view)?
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Choice Government Intelligence Limitation Thinking
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
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
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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Knowledge Life Live Lost Philosophy Wisdom

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