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Politicians are like dogs, Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable

Henry Kissinger

Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
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
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
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
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it’s their fault.
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Funny Mistake People Thinking Yourself
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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Character Choice Courage Inspirational Journey Lonely People Road Travel
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
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
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
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.
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End Establishment History Power Rise War

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