"A political society does not live to conduct……" — George F. Kennan
"A political society does not live to conduct foreign policy; it would be more correct to say that it conducts foreign policy in order to live."
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George F. Kennan
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33 Quotes by George F. Kennan
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War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy.
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