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

Henry Kissinger

What distinguishes Sun Tzu from Western writers on strategy is the emphasis on the psychological and political elements over the purely military.
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Strategy Writing
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Animal Man Policy Stupidity
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
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
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
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
Politicians are like dogs, Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable
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Commitment Dog Expectation Growth Life Politics
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
The goal of the tribute system was to foster deference, not to extract economic benefit or to dominate foreign societies militarily.
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Goal Oppression

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