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Henry Kissinger

If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.
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Fear Insecurity Nation Represent
It is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.
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Learning Nation Past
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Animal Man Policy Stupidity
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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Book Mistake Myself
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
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
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 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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Art Fight War

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