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I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

Henry Kissinger

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
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
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
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
A more immediate issue concerns North Korea, to which Bismarck’s nineteenth-century aphorism surely applies: We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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Growth Issue Live Strong Time Weakness Wonderful
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
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Deep Philosophy True
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
To undertake a journey on a road never before traveled requires character and courage: character because the choice is not obvious; courage because the road will be lonely at first. And the statesman must then inspire his people to persist in the endeavor.
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Character Choice Courage Inspirational Journey Lonely People Road Travel
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
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World

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