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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.

Henry Kissinger

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
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
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
In his essay, ‘Perpetual Peace,’ the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture.
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Human Humanity Nature Peace Philosophy World
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
If history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.
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History Justice Peace Teaching
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
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
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War

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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