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Henry Kissinger

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
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
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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Argument Beginning End War
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
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
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
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
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God
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Blessing Destiny Eyes God Leadership People Play
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.
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Greatness History Leadership Peace Problem

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