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Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.

Henry Kissinger

Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big 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
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
It is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.
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Learning Nation Past
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Animal Man Policy Stupidity
In effect, none of the most important countries which must build a new world order have had any experience with the multi-state system that is emerging. Never before has a new world order had to be assembled from so many different perceptions, or on so global a scale.
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Experience Important World
The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.
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Moral Right Risk Survive
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
Politicians are like dogs, Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable
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Commitment Dog Expectation Growth Life Politics

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