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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

The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
The war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element that must be considered, not the means, He who intends to kill the guilty sometimes faultlessly shed the blood of the innocents
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Guilty Himself Kill Principle War Willing
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
order without freedom, even if sustained by momentary exaltation, eventually creates its own counterpoise; yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Creation Freedom Peace Rule
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
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.
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Argument Beginning End War
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
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
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
Americans hold that every problem has a solution; Chinese think that each solution is an admission ticket to a new set of problems.
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Perspective Problem Thinking
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

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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