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Don’t be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.

Henry Kissinger

For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
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
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
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
A country whose security depends on producing a genius in each generation sets itself a task no society has ever met.
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Genius Security
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
Don’t be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.
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Ambitious Care Career Important Thinking
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
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
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time
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
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
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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Choice Important Reputation Worth

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