The war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element that must be considered, not the means, He who intends to kill the guilty sometimes faultlessly shed the blood of the innocents
HENRY KISSINGERThere can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
More Henry Kissinger Quotes
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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.
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We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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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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A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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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 one of history’s ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.
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Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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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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George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
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Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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