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Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.

Henry Kissinger

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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Himself Leadership Nation People
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
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
The war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element that must be considered, not the means, He who intends to kill the guilty sometimes faultlessly shed the blood of the innocents
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Guilty Himself Kill Principle War Willing
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
The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.
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Moral Right Risk Survive
In his essay, ‘Perpetual Peace,’ the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture.
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Human Humanity Nature Peace Philosophy World
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
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
Later I learned to improve my forecasting—if necessary by asking the visitor in advance what subjects he intended to raise with Nixon.
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Learning Myself Necessary
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it’s their fault.
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Funny Mistake People Thinking Yourself
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
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory

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