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Henry A. Kissinger
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University politics make me long for the simplicity of the Middle East.
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Clearly security without values is like a ship without a rudder. But values without security are like a rudder without a ship.
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I think an appeal to American idealism and willingness to sacrifice would be an important contribution, because what is happening now in many countries, not yet in the United States, but in many European countries, it's the inability of government to ask for sacrifices of its people.
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A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.
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The Chinese, on the other hand, were in the position of having an American military spy plane on a Chinese military base and they had their own internal problems to deal with. At first, the Chinese weren't all that belligerent. They were just stalling to get their own bureaucracy in line.
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For the Soul of France is masterful history, brilliantly researched, and hard to put down.
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An Iranian moderate is one who has run out of ammunition.
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Realism in foreign policy means careful consideration of all aspects pertinent to the issue, before taking a decision. This is the only way you can move from where you are to someplace else.
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Power is the great aphrodisiac.
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No one will ever win the battle of the sexes there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive.
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In the hands of a determined Secretary, the Foreign Service can be a splendid instrument, staffed by knowledgeable, discreet, and energetic individuals. They do require constant vigilance lest the convictions that led them into a penurious career tempt them to preempt decision-making.
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Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.
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The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions.
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This country cannot afford to tear itself apart on a partisan basis on issues so vital to our national security.
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We must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing.
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I believe it is a mistake to isolate arms control from other areas of policy.
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In 10 years, there will be no more Israel.
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Democracy is too important to leave up to the votes of the people.
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No, [the U.S.] has made it clear that we consider a peaceful resolution an essential aspect of American foreign policy. This I believe to be a situation understood by China, but again, it is important to not sound too truculent. Taking on a billion-plus Chinese is not an enterprise which one should enter lightly.
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