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A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.

Henry Kissinger

In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
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 illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
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
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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Book Mistake Myself
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
Later I learned to improve my forecasting—if necessary by asking the visitor in advance what subjects he intended to raise with Nixon.
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Learning Myself Necessary

A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.

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