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If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.

Henry Kissinger

The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
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
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
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
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
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
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 Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
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Force Language Understand
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

If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.

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