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Henry Kissinger

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
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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Book Mistake Myself
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
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
A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.
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End Establishment History Power Rise War
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
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
If history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.
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History Justice Peace Teaching
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
Don’t be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.
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Ambitious Care Career Important Thinking
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play

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