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George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.

Henry Kissinger

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
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
To undertake a journey on a road never before traveled requires character and courage: character because the choice is not obvious; courage because the road will be lonely at first. And the statesman must then inspire his people to persist in the endeavor.
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Character Choice Courage Inspirational Journey Lonely People Road Travel
What distinguishes Sun Tzu from Western writers on strategy is the emphasis on the psychological and political elements over the purely military.
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Strategy Writing
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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Knowledge Life Live Lost Philosophy Wisdom
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
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
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
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
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Deep Philosophy True

George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.

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George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.

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