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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.

Henry Kissinger

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
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
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
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
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
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Choice Important Reputation Worth
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
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
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
Chinese thinkers developed strategic thought that placed a premium on victory through psychological advantage and preached the avoidance of direct conflict.
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Avoidance Development Direction Thinking Victory
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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Knowledge Life Live Lost Philosophy Wisdom
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule

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