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

Henry Kissinger

Politicians are like dogs, Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable
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Commitment Dog Expectation Growth Life Politics
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
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
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 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
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God
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Blessing Destiny Eyes God Leadership People Play
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 you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
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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Goal Oppression
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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Himself Leadership Nation People
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength

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

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