"[T]he most fundamental problem of politics, which is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness."
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Anti-communists from the United StatesCentenariansUnited States Secretaries of StateDiplomats of the United StatesNobel Peace Prize laureates
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A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace, 1812-22 (1957), p. 206 β Paraphrased variant: The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. β Quoted by Walter Isaacson, "Henry Kissinger Reminds Us Why Realism Matters", Time, 4 September 2014
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