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It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)

Henry Kissinger

Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
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
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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Himself Leadership Nation People
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
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
Don’t be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.
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Ambitious Care Career Important Thinking
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
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Animal Man Policy Stupidity
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
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

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