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Who controls the money controls the world.

Henry Kissinger

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
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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Growth Live Strong Time Weakness
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.
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Argument Beginning End War
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
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
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
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
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad 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

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