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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.

Henry Kissinger

A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
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
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it’s their fault.
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Funny Mistake People Thinking Yourself
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
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
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
In his essay, ‘Perpetual Peace,’ the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture.
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Human Humanity Nature Peace Philosophy World
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
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
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
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
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice

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