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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

For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Choice Important Reputation Worth
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
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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Moral Right Risk Survive
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
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 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
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
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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Choice Government Intelligence Limitation Thinking

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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