"...there is an optimal balance, depending on the……" — George F. Kennan
"...there is an optimal balance, depending on the manner of man's life, between the density of human population and the tolerances of nature. This balance, in the case of the United States would seem to me to have been surpassed when the American population reached, at a very maximum, two hundred million people, and perhaps a good deal less."
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George F. Kennan
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33 Quotes by George F. Kennan
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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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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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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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