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Henry Kissinger

George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
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Desire Heart Life Lose Tragedy Yourself
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
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
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
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
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.
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Fear Insecurity Nation Represent
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security

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