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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 Kissinger

Chinese thinkers developed strategic thought that placed a premium on victory through psychological advantage and preached the avoidance of direct conflict.
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Avoidance Development Direction Thinking Victory
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it’s their fault.
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Funny Mistake People Thinking Yourself
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
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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Book Mistake Myself
The art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
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Art Avoid Revenge

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