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The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small

Henry Kissinger

In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends on Facebook.
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Evidence Friendship Lonely Mindset Path Walk
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
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
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
The goal of the tribute system was to foster deference, not to extract economic benefit or to dominate foreign societies militarily.
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Goal Oppression
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
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
The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.
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Moral Right Risk Survive

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