In effect, none of the most important countries which must build a new world order have had any experience with the multi-state system that is emerging. Never before has a new world order had to be assembled from so many different perceptions, or on so global a scale.
HENRY KISSINGERHistory knows no resting places and no plateaus
More Henry Kissinger Quotes
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The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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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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Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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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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Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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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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It has the added advantage of being true.
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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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It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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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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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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