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What distinguishes Sun Tzu from Western writers on strategy is the emphasis on the psychological and political elements over the purely military.

Henry Kissinger

Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
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
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
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
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends on Facebook.
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Evidence Friendship Lonely Mindset Path Walk
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
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
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
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
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
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

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