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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,

Henry Kissinger

in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Choice Important Reputation Worth
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
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
The art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
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Art Avoid Revenge
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
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
Politicians are like dogs, Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable
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Commitment Dog Expectation Growth Life Politics
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership

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