It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
HENRY KISSINGERWe live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America.
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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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There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it’s their fault.
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Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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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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The Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
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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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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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Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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