A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
HENRY KISSINGERPostcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
More Henry Kissinger Quotes
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It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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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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Who controls the money controls the world.
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Can governmental orders be invented from scratch by intelligent thinkers, or is the range of choice limited by underlying organic and cultural realities (the Burkean view)?
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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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In effect, none of the most important countries which must build a new world order have had any experience with the multi-state system that is emerging. Never before has a new world order had to be assembled from so many different perceptions, or on so global a scale.
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In short, the end justifies the means.
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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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History is the memory of States.
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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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Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign. The chess player aims for total victory. The wei qi player seeks relative advantage.
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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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It is one of history’s ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.
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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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