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A country whose security depends on producing a genius in each generation sets itself a task no society has ever met.

Henry Kissinger

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
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
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
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
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
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
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
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
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
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule

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