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America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests

Henry Kissinger

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
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
In effect, none of the most important countries which must build a new world order have had any experience with the multi-state system that is emerging. Never before has a new world order had to be assembled from so many different perceptions, or on so global a scale.
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Experience Important World
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 the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
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
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
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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Growth Live Strong Time Weakness
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
Later I learned to improve my forecasting—if necessary by asking the visitor in advance what subjects he intended to raise with Nixon.
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Learning Myself Necessary
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
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
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
Can governmental orders be invented from scratch by intelligent thinkers, or is the range of choice limited by underlying organic and cultural realities (the Burkean view)?
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Choice Government Intelligence Limitation Thinking

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