"Popular revolt against a ruthless, experienced modern dictatorship,……" — George F. Kennan
"Popular revolt against a ruthless, experienced modern dictatorship, which enjoys a monopoly over weapons and communications, ... is simply not a possibility in the modern age."
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George F. Kennan
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33 Quotes by George F. Kennan
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...there is an optimal balance, depending on the manner of man's life, between the density of human population and the…
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This is a big world. Billions - rapidly increasing billions - of people live outside our borders. Obviously, a great…
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It is obviously easier, for the short run, to draw cheap labor from adjacent pools of poverty...than to find it…
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Actually, the inability of any society to resist immigration, the inability to find other solutions to the problem of employment…
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It is an undeniable privilege of every man to prove himself right in the thesis that the world is his…
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Anyone who has ever studied the history of American diplomacy, especially military diplomacy, knows that you might start in a…
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The jealous and intolerant eye of the Kremlin can distinguish, in the end, only vassals and enemies, and the neighbors…
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It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of…
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There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of…
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War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy.
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A foreign policy aimed at the achievement of total security is the one thing I can think of that is…
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We should not lose ourselves in vainglorious sohemes for changing human nature all over the planet. Rather, we should learn…
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