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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

Henry Kissinger

Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign. The chess player aims for total victory. The wei qi player seeks relative advantage.
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Decision Seek Victory
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Choice Important Reputation Worth
Americans hold that every problem has a solution; Chinese think that each solution is an admission ticket to a new set of problems.
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Perspective Problem Thinking
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Animal Man Policy Stupidity
We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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Growth Live Strong Time Weakness
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
The war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element that must be considered, not the means, He who intends to kill the guilty sometimes faultlessly shed the blood of the innocents
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Guilty Himself Kill Principle War Willing
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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Himself Leadership Nation People
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it’s their fault.
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Funny Mistake People Thinking Yourself
A country whose security depends on producing a genius in each generation sets itself a task no society has ever met.
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Genius Security
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference

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