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Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
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
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
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
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
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
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.
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Greatness History Leadership Peace Problem
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
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
It is one of history’s ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.
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Class History Oneself
To undertake a journey on a road never before traveled requires character and courage: character because the choice is not obvious; courage because the road will be lonely at first. And the statesman must then inspire his people to persist in the endeavor.
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Character Choice Courage Inspirational Journey Lonely People Road Travel
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World

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