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

Henry Kissinger

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
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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Blessing Destiny Eyes God Leadership People Play
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
For Roosevelt, if a nation was unable or unwilling to act to defend its own interests, it could not expect others to respect them. Inevitably,
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Expectation Nation Respect
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
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
Chinese thinkers developed strategic thought that placed a premium on victory through psychological advantage and preached the avoidance of direct conflict.
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Avoidance Development Direction Thinking Victory
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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Guilty Himself Kill Principle War Willing
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics

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