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In every era, humanity produces demonic individuals and seductive ideas of repression. The task of statesmanship is to prevent their rise to power and sustain an international order capable of deterring them if they do achieve it.
In every era, humanity produces demonic individuals and seductive ideas of repression. The task of statesmanship is to prevent their rise to power and sustain an international order capable of deterring them if they do achieve it.
Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
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- Henry Kissinger
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- Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Henry Kissinger: life dates 1923 to 2023. Wikidata Q66107, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66107 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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