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The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

Henry Kissinger

Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
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
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
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
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America.
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Art Fight War
For Roosevelt, if a nation was unable or unwilling to act to defend its own interests, it could not expect others to respect them. Inevitably,
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Expectation Nation Respect
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
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
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True

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