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A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security

Henry Kissinger

In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends on Facebook.
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Evidence Friendship Lonely Mindset Path Walk
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
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
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
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Guilty Himself Kill Principle War Willing
The art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
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Art Avoid Revenge
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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Human Humanity Nature Peace Philosophy World
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it’s their fault.
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Funny Mistake People Thinking Yourself
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
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
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success

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