People think responsibility is hard to bear. It's not. I think that sometimes it is the absence of … - Henry A. Kissinger

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The Nazi leaders…. treated Germany like a conquered land, a colony to be used and abused without consideration, to be exploited to the full, and its national spirit, happiness and wellbeing to be sedulously ignored

Henry A. Kissinger

People think responsibility is hard to bear. It's not. I think that sometimes it is the absence of responsibility that is harder to bear. You have a great feeling of impotence.

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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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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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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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Superstars strive for approbation; heroes walk alone. Superstars crave consensus; heroes define themselves by the judgment of a future they see it as their task to bring about. Superstars seek success in a technique for eliciting support; heroes pursue success as the outgrowth of inner values.

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America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests

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