It has the added advantage of being true.
HENRY KISSINGERWe live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
More Henry Kissinger Quotes
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For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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For Roosevelt, if a nation was unable or unwilling to act to defend its own interests, it could not expect others to respect them. Inevitably,
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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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If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Don’t be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.
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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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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.
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A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.
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Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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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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I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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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.
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There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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