Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
HENRY KISSINGER
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.
More Henry Kissinger Quotes
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Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.
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When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.
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If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign. The chess player aims for total victory. The wei qi player seeks relative advantage.
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The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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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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A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
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It has the added advantage of being true.
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The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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