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Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.

Henry Kissinger

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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Experience Important World
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
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Desire Heart Life Lose Tragedy Yourself
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
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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Growth Live Strong Time Weakness
I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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Book Mistake Myself
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
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
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win

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