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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Henry Kissinger

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
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
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
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
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
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
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
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
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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Fear Insecurity Nation Represent
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 leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
For Roosevelt, if a nation was unable or unwilling to act to defend its own interests, it could not expect others to respect them. Inevitably,
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Expectation Nation Respect
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
Americans hold that every problem has a solution; Chinese think that each solution is an admission ticket to a new set of problems.
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Perspective Problem Thinking

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

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