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Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

Henry Kissinger

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
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
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 has the added advantage of being true.
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True
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
Chinese thinkers developed strategic thought that placed a premium on victory through psychological advantage and preached the avoidance of direct conflict.
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Avoidance Development Direction Thinking Victory
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
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
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
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

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