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Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.

Henry Kissinger

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America.
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Art Fight War
Politicians are like dogs, Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable
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Commitment Dog Expectation Growth Life Politics
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time
To undertake a journey on a road never before traveled requires character and courage: character because the choice is not obvious; courage because the road will be lonely at first. And the statesman must then inspire his people to persist in the endeavor.
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Character Choice Courage Inspirational Journey Lonely People Road Travel
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
What distinguishes Sun Tzu from Western writers on strategy is the emphasis on the psychological and political elements over the purely military.
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Strategy Writing
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
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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Deep Philosophy True
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
The art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
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Art Avoid Revenge
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

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