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Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.

Henry Kissinger

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
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
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
Americans hold that every problem has a solution; Chinese think that each solution is an admission ticket to a new set of problems.
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Perspective Problem Thinking
A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.
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End Establishment History Power Rise War
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
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
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
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
It is one of history’s ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.
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Class History Oneself
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
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
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

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