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It is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.

Henry Kissinger

In his essay, ‘Perpetual Peace,’ the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture.
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Human Humanity Nature Peace Philosophy World
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
Don’t be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.
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Ambitious Care Career Important Thinking
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
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Desire Heart Life Lose Tragedy Yourself
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
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
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
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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Fear Insecurity Nation Represent
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
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win

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