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In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.

Henry Kissinger

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
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
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
Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.
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Argument Beginning End War
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
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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Desire Heart Life Lose Tragedy Yourself
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
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
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
Where 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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Knowledge Life Live Lost Philosophy Wisdom

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