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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

Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
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
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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Knowledge Life Live Lost Philosophy Wisdom
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
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
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
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
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
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
Later I learned to improve my forecasting—if necessary by asking the visitor in advance what subjects he intended to raise with Nixon.
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Learning Myself Necessary
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics

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