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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.

Henry Kissinger

A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
A country whose security depends on producing a genius in each generation sets itself a task no society has ever met.
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Genius Security
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
It is one of history’s ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.
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Class History Oneself
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
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 task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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Himself Leadership Nation People
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
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
If history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.
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History Justice Peace Teaching
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory

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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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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