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

Henry Kissinger

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 absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
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
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
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
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 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
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
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
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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Perspective Problem Thinking
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)?
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Choice Government Intelligence Limitation Thinking
We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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Growth Live Strong Time Weakness
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics

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