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
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
More Henry Kissinger Quotes
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The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America.
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Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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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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Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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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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Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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History is the memory of States.
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The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.
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It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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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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