Americans hold that every problem has a solution; Chinese think that each solution is an admission ticket to a new set of problems.
HENRY KISSINGERA 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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Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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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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Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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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 war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element that must be considered, not the means, He who intends to kill the guilty sometimes faultlessly shed the blood of the innocents
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Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.
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It is one of history’s ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.
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Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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