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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.

Henry Kissinger

Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.
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Fear Insecurity Nation Represent
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
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
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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Moral Right Risk Survive
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
It is one of history’s ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.
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Class History Oneself
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
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
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
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
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
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
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
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

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