The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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order without freedom, even if sustained by momentary exaltation, eventually creates its own counterpoise; yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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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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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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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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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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The Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
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Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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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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Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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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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In his essay, ‘Perpetual Peace,’ the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture.
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In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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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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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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