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In short, the end justifies the means.

Henry Kissinger

Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
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Desire Heart Life Lose Tragedy Yourself
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
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
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
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
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
Later I learned to improve my forecasting—if necessary by asking the visitor in advance what subjects he intended to raise with Nixon.
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Learning Myself Necessary
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
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
For Roosevelt, if a nation was unable or unwilling to act to defend its own interests, it could not expect others to respect them. Inevitably,
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Expectation Nation Respect
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
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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