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The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.

Henry Kissinger

In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
HENRY KISSINGER

Achievement End Peace Power
I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
HENRY KISSINGER

Book Mistake Myself
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
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
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
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
The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.
HENRY KISSINGER

Moral Right Risk Survive
If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign. The chess player aims for total victory. The wei qi player seeks relative advantage.
HENRY KISSINGER

Decision Seek Victory
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America.
HENRY KISSINGER

Art Fight War
Chinese thinkers developed strategic thought that placed a premium on victory through psychological advantage and preached the avoidance of direct conflict.
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Avoidance Development Direction Thinking Victory
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
HENRY KISSINGER

Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time

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