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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.

Henry Kissinger

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.
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Argument Beginning End War
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
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
If history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.
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History Justice Peace Teaching
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
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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Perspective Problem Thinking
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
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

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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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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