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
HENRY KISSINGERPoor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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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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A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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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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Americans hold that every problem has a solution; Chinese think that each solution is an admission ticket to a new set of problems.
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The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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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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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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If history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.
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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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Who controls the money controls the world.
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I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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