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The goal of the tribute system was to foster deference, not to extract economic benefit or to dominate foreign societies militarily.

Henry Kissinger

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
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
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
It is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.
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Learning Nation Past
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
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Choice Important Reputation Worth
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
For Roosevelt, if a nation was unable or unwilling to act to defend its own interests, it could not expect others to respect them. Inevitably,
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Expectation Nation Respect
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
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
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
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends on Facebook.
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Evidence Friendship Lonely Mindset Path Walk

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