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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The goal of the tribute system was to foster deference, not to extract economic benefit or to dominate foreign societies militarily.
HENRY KISSINGERThe art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
HENRY KISSINGEROrder always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
HENRY KISSINGERIt is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.
HENRY KISSINGERIt is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
HENRY KISSINGERWho controls the money controls the world.
HENRY KISSINGERFor the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
HENRY KISSINGERIf 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.
HENRY KISSINGERIf you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
HENRY KISSINGERCorrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
HENRY KISSINGERIf history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.
HENRY KISSINGERA Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.
HENRY KISSINGERIn the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
HENRY KISSINGERNinety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
HENRY KISSINGERI want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
HENRY KISSINGERWhere is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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