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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

Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
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
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
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
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
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
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
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality

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