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I have always expressed respect for those people who make public declarations.

Henry A. Kissinger

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A bluff taken seriously is more useful than a serious threat interpreted as a bluff.
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I see the future of China as growth. I think that historically China has often gone through periods of consolidation, and then periods of sort of weakening central authority. They undoubtedly face tremendous challenges.
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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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One theory is that we will make war look so attractive that we undermine the deterrent. That's Never Never Land. What we have now would have been enough to deter Hitler. But we are talking in a different order of reality.
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To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal
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We cannot give Russia veto over deployment of forces on NATO territory. But we have to understand their particular sensitivities, and, therefore, there should be a dialogue on these issues.
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History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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I believe in freedom of expression, and I believe that societies thrive when they permit freedom of expression.
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Realism in foreign policy is made up of a clear set of values, since difficult foreign policy decisions are often decided with the narrowest of majorities. Without any sense of what is right and wrong, one would drown in a flood of difficult and pragmatic decisions.
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With respect to the relationship between nuclear weapons and the advent of détente, one has to consider two things. One, the nature of nuclear weapons in themselves, and secondly, the advent of nuclear parity.
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In Asia, the nation state still is extremely vital, and of course, then in Africa, a whole new pattern is emerging because the states in Africa reflected the preferences of the colonial powers when they were established.
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Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.
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The American formal position has been that we oppose violence by governments against their people. That principle should not be abandoned.
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