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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Henry Kissinger

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God
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Blessing Destiny Eyes God Leadership People Play
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
A country whose security depends on producing a genius in each generation sets itself a task no society has ever met.
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Genius Security
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.
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Moral Right Risk Survive
The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends on Facebook.
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Evidence Friendship Lonely Mindset Path Walk
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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Deep Philosophy True
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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Greatness History Leadership Peace Problem
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
The art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
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Art Avoid Revenge

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

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