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I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

Henry Kissinger

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
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
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
Can governmental orders be invented from scratch by intelligent thinkers, or is the range of choice limited by underlying organic and cultural realities (the Burkean view)?
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Choice Government Intelligence Limitation Thinking
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
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
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
What distinguishes Sun Tzu from Western writers on strategy is the emphasis on the psychological and political elements over the purely military.
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Strategy Writing
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
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
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
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
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

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