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It is one of history’s ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.

Henry Kissinger

History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
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
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
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
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Choice Important Reputation Worth
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
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
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
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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Knowledge Life Live Lost Philosophy Wisdom
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
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
Can governmental orders be invented from scratch by intelligent thinkers, or is the range of choice limited by underlying organic and cultural realities (the Burkean view)?
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Choice Government Intelligence Limitation Thinking
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
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

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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