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Diplomacy: the art of restraining power. Henry Kissinger

Art Diplomacy Power Restraining

No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy. Henry Kissinger

Battle Enemy Win Too Much Will Too Sexes No-One Much Ever

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer. Henry Kissinger

Immediately Unconstitutional Takes Longer Little Illegal

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism. John Bolton

Patriotism Obligation Values Politician Otherwise Pursuing Advance Call Patriotic Interests Your Help Who Fundamentally Career

The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. Kofi Annan

Work Alone Wonderful Able Had Advantage Lord Being

We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children. Kofi Annan

Future Think Our Leave Going Children Planet Need

When economic conditions are difficult, people tend to be less generous and protect themselves; the question of solidarity doesn't mean much to them at that time. Kofi Annan

Time People Difficult Solidarity Economic Tend Generous Protect Question Conditions Mean Them Themselves Much Less Difficult People

A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Angry Wise Man Wise Man Treat Physician Patient Sick Extravagant Mad Only Take He Look Does His Nor Fever Just Them Mankind Should Ill Medical

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Injustice Lasts Kingdom Never Founded

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Freedom You Surrender Suffering Defiance Evil Face Ought Our Cringe Evils Tell Shall Real Any Which Them Things

While we are postponing, life speeds by. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Life Speeds While

The world will not accept dictatorship or domination. Mikhail Gorbachev

Government World Dictatorship Will Accept Domination

I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself. Nelson Mandela

Time Myself Health Good Family Good Health Me Will Spend Nobody Also Am Still Selfishness Friends Accuse Confident While Ask

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people. Nelson Mandela

Savage Government Peace People Futile Unarmed About Only Attacks Feel Talking Non-Violence Continue Reply Against Useless Who Many Whose

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses. Nelson Mandela

Great Problems Unity Our Dream Solve Vast Leaders Combine Continent Forests Efforts Africa Whereby Realization Deserts

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites. Nelson Mandela

Love People Oppression Result Political Tyranny Calm Situation Exploitation Spirit Sabotage Had Arisen Because Nor Years Deny Political Situation Did Any After Sober Plan Planned Whites Many Assessment Violence

Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands, the contradictions between our systems will simply melt away? What kind of a daydream is that? Nikita Khrushchev

You Together Will Opposing Holding Think Our Melt Systems Kind Shake Simply Between Daydream Diametrically Contradictions Get Hands Get Together Representatives Views Away Two

We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating. Robert Mugabe

Negotiating Take Longer Without Going Land Ask

We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans. Robert Mugabe

Mind Having Banning Sanctions Us Europe Europeans

Love of country, subordination of personal interests to the common good, concern and care for the helpless and the impoverished - these are among the lost and faded values that we seek to recover and revitalize as we commence our journey towards a better Philippines. Rodrigo Duterte

Love Good Journey Better Care Philippines Values Country Lost Our Seek Recover Faded Towards Concern Impoverished Commence Subordination Personal Common Common Good Interests Helpless Among

In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly. Sitting Bull

Days Learn Learned Quickly Therefore Eager Things Early Early Days

It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land. Sitting Bull

Animal Power Too Our Neighbors Ourselves Vast Mysterious Through Yield Same Being Land Inhabit Therefore Even Right

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people. Wilma Mankiller

Future People Remember Past Society Consider Seven Generations Leaders Making Making Decisions Affect Encouraged Iroquois In The Past Decisions

I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future. Wilma Mankiller

Education Future People Organization Think Our About Talk Talking Without Controls Anybody Children Anywhere Whoever

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