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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.

Henry Kissinger

If history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.
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History Justice Peace Teaching
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
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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Creation Freedom Peace Rule
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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Argument Beginning End War
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
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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Expectation Nation Respect
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
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
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
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
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security

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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