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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

Henry Kissinger

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
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
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Animal Man Policy Stupidity
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
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
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
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
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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Himself Leadership Nation People
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
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
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.
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End Establishment History Power Rise War
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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Class History Oneself

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