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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

Henry Kissinger

When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
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
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.
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End Establishment History Power Rise War
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
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
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
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 illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
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
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play

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