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For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.

Henry Kissinger

in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
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
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 nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
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
The Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
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Force Language Understand
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
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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Genius Security
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
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
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership

For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.

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