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Henry A. Kissinger
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The emergence of a unified Europe is one of the most revolutionary events of our time.
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If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.
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Nixon had three goals: to win by the biggest electoral landslide in history to be remembered as a peacemaker and to be accepted by the 'Establishment' as an equal. He achieved all these objectives at the end of 1972 and the beginning of 1973. And he lost them all two months later-partly because he turned a dream into an obsession.
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Peace depends ultimately not on political arrangements but on the conscience of mankind.
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In relations with many domestically weak countries, a radio transmitter can be a more effective form of pressure than a squadron B-52s.
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The idea of abstract power only exists for academics, not in real life.
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No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.
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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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There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
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The defining issue is that the government in Taiwan was considered to be the government of all of China, and the authorities in Beijing were not recognized as a government of China. So Taiwan was the residuary for all of China.
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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 have to be careful in negotiating with Iran that we don't create the impression among the Arab states and the Sunni states that we are working on a condominium between Iran and the United States, because that will panic them and drive them into making their own arrangement.
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The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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In my life, I have almost always been on the side of active foreign policy. But you need to know with whom you are cooperating. You need reliable partners.
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A little uncertainty is good for everyone.
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For any student of history, change is the law of life. Any attempt to contain it guarantees an explosion down the road the more rigid the adherence to the status quo, the more violent the ultimate outcome will be.
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Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.
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The Israelis want security. The Arabs want dignity. And they consider the demands of each other as incompatible.
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I do not criticize people who take a public stand on human rights issues. I express my respect for them. But some people are more influential without a public confrontation.
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A nation riven by factions, in which the minority has no hope of ever becoming a majority, or in which some group knows it is perpetually outcast, will seem oppressive to its members, whatever the legal pretensions.
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