A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.
HENRY KISSINGERThere can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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The war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element that must be considered, not the means, He who intends to kill the guilty sometimes faultlessly shed the blood of the innocents
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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign. The chess player aims for total victory. The wei qi player seeks relative advantage.
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History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.
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The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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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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There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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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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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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