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A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.

Henry Kissinger

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
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
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
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
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
The war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element that must be considered, not the means, He who intends to kill the guilty sometimes faultlessly shed the blood of the innocents
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Guilty Himself Kill Principle War Willing
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
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
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
Politicians are like dogs, Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable
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Commitment Dog Expectation Growth Life Politics

A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.

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A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.

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