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

Henry Kissinger

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
The Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
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Force Language Understand
It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
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Deep Philosophy True
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
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
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends on Facebook.
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Evidence Friendship Lonely Mindset Path Walk
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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Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time
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
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
For Roosevelt, if a nation was unable or unwilling to act to defend its own interests, it could not expect others to respect them. Inevitably,
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Expectation Nation Respect
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power

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

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