"When we succeeded in winning the Cold War, escaping a nuclear Armageddon that could have killed us all, the U.S. inevitably had a serious problem about an encore: what now for our place in the world?"

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Source : "Central Challenges of U.S. Foreign Policy: Five Questions with Graham Allison". Interview with Ali Wyne, bigthink.com.

Graham T. Allison

#War Quotes #Winning Quotes #Escaping Quotes

“If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this.”

Source : James M. Whistler (2012). “The Gentle Art of Making Enemies”, p.107, Courier Corporation
“I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.”
“For centuries, the world divided human beings into two groups and then proceeded to exclude and oppress one group. It is only fair that the solution to the problem acknowledge that.”
“What's disgusting about the Dirty Harry movies is that Eastwood plays this angry tension as righteous indignation.”
“I just wanted to inspire people and I hope I did.”
“The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.”
“It's nice because success has allowed me to have a blast on stage, to be in the studio with amazing people, but I find it all a bit bizarre.”
“I often say that sociology is a martial art, a means of self-defense. Basically, you use it to defend yourself, without having the right to use it for unfair attacks.”

Source : "La sociologie est un sport de combat". Documentary, May 2, 2001.

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