Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
HENRY KISSINGERA more immediate issue concerns North Korea, to which Bismarck’s nineteenth-century aphorism surely applies: 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.
More Henry Kissinger Quotes
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I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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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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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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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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Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.
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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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A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.
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For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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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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It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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