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" The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision. "

Henry Kissinger

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" Everybody has a hacking capability. And probably every intelligence service is hacking in the territory of other countries. But who exactly does what? That would be a very sensitive piece of information. But it's very difficult to communicate about it. Because nobody wants to admit the scope of what they're doing. "

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" It's never happened in history that every region in the world could affect every other region simultaneously. The Roman empire and the Chinese empire didn't know much about each other and had no means of interacting. Now we have every continent able to reach every other. "

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" If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere. "

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" The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. "

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" A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone. "

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