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Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.

Henry Kissinger

Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
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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Guilty Himself Kill Principle War Willing
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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Book Mistake Myself
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
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
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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Decision Seek Victory
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
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
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
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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Himself Leadership Nation People

Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.

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