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Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.

Henry Kissinger

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
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
Don’t be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.
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Ambitious Care Career Important Thinking
To undertake a journey on a road never before traveled requires character and courage: character because the choice is not obvious; courage because the road will be lonely at first. And the statesman must then inspire his people to persist in the endeavor.
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Character Choice Courage Inspirational Journey Lonely People Road Travel
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
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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Experience Important World
For Roosevelt, if a nation was unable or unwilling to act to defend its own interests, it could not expect others to respect them. Inevitably,
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Expectation Nation Respect
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World

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