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Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.

Henry Kissinger

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
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
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
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
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.
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Fear Insecurity Nation Represent
If history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.
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History Justice Peace Teaching
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
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
If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign. The chess player aims for total victory. The wei qi player seeks relative advantage.
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Decision Seek Victory
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
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
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power

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