"We should not lose ourselves in vainglorious sohemes……" — George F. Kennan
"We should not lose ourselves in vainglorious sohemes for changing human nature all over the planet. Rather, we should learn to view ourselves with a sense of proportion and Christian humility before the enormous complexity of the world in which it has been given us to live."
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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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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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