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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More Henry Kissinger Quotes
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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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In short, the end justifies the means.
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When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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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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History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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Who controls the money controls the world.
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Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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History is the memory of States.
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Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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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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