Who controls the money controls the world.
HENRY KISSINGERPolicy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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In his essay, ‘Perpetual Peace,’ the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture.
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order without freedom, even if sustained by momentary exaltation, eventually creates its own counterpoise; yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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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
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Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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History is the memory of States.
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It is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.
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What distinguishes Sun Tzu from Western writers on strategy is the emphasis on the psychological and political elements over the purely military.
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Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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