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)?
HENRY KISSINGERIn 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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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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A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Americans hold that every problem has a solution; Chinese think that each solution is an admission ticket to a new set of problems.
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The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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If history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.
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It has the added advantage of being true.
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Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God
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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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