The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America.
HENRY KISSINGERPostcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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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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Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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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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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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In short, the end justifies the means.
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A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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order without freedom, even if sustained by momentary exaltation, eventually creates its own counterpoise; yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Chinese thinkers developed strategic thought that placed a premium on victory through psychological advantage and preached the avoidance of direct conflict.
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Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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