What distinguishes Sun Tzu from Western writers on strategy is the emphasis on the psychological and political elements over the purely military.
HENRY KISSINGERIn short, the end justifies the means.
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It is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.
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The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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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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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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Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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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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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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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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Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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