"The great divide in American foreign policy thinking is between those who believe in paper and those who believe in power."

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We should cease to talk about vague and unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better.

— George F. Kennan