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Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.

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Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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Book Mistake Myself
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
Don’t be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.
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Ambitious Care Career Important Thinking
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
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
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
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
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

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