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In short, the end justifies the means.

Henry Kissinger

It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
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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Class History Oneself
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
A country whose security depends on producing a genius in each generation sets itself a task no society has ever met.
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Genius Security
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
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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Perspective Problem Thinking
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
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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Evidence Friendship Lonely Mindset Path Walk
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War

In short, the end justifies the means.

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