What distinguishes Sun Tzu from Western writers on strategy is the emphasis on the psychological and political elements over the purely military.
HENRY KISSINGERCorrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Who controls the money controls the world.
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George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
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History is the memory of States.
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The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.
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Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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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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Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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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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We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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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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A country whose security depends on producing a genius in each generation sets itself a task no society has ever met.
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