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Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.

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
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
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
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
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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Growth Live Strong Time Weakness
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule

Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.

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