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A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.

Henry Kissinger

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
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
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 Live Strong Time Weakness
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
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
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
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
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
The war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element that must be considered, not the means, He who intends to kill the guilty sometimes faultlessly shed the blood of the innocents
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Guilty Himself Kill Principle War Willing
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
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
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
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice

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