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Henry Kissinger

The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America.
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Art Fight War
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
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
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
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
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
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends on Facebook.
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Evidence Friendship Lonely Mindset Path Walk
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
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
A more immediate issue concerns North Korea, to which Bismarck’s nineteenth-century aphorism surely applies: 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 Issue Live Strong Time Weakness Wonderful
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security

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