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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.

Henry Kissinger

Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
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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Genius Security
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
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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Greatness History Leadership Peace Problem
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
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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Knowledge Life Live Lost Philosophy Wisdom
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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Character Choice Courage Inspirational Journey Lonely People Road Travel
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
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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Growth Live Strong Time Weakness
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Animal Man Policy Stupidity
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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Choice Government Intelligence Limitation Thinking
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Choice Important Reputation Worth
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
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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Fear Insecurity Nation Represent
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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Himself Leadership Nation People
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
What distinguishes Sun Tzu from Western writers on strategy is the emphasis on the psychological and political elements over the purely military.
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Strategy Writing
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship

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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