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A country whose security depends on producing a genius in each generation sets itself a task no society has ever met.

Henry Kissinger

The art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
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Art Avoid Revenge
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
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
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God
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Blessing Destiny Eyes God Leadership People Play
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
It is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.
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Learning Nation Past
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success

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