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Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem

Henry Kissinger

The Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
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Force Language Understand
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
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
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
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
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
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Animal Man Policy Stupidity
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

Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem

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