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For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.

Henry Kissinger

Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Animal Man Policy Stupidity
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
The war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element that must be considered, not the means, He who intends to kill the guilty sometimes faultlessly shed the blood of the innocents
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Guilty Himself Kill Principle War Willing
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
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
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
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
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
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
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
Politicians are like dogs, Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable
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Commitment Dog Expectation Growth Life Politics
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust

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