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The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.

Henry Kissinger

Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
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
Later I learned to improve my forecasting—if necessary by asking the visitor in advance what subjects he intended to raise with Nixon.
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Learning Myself Necessary
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
In effect, none of the most important countries which must build a new world order have had any experience with the multi-state system that is emerging. Never before has a new world order had to be assembled from so many different perceptions, or on so global a scale.
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Experience Important World
A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.
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Greatness History Leadership Peace Problem
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
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
It is one of history’s ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.
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Class History Oneself
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
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
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

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