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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Henry Kissinger

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
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
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
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
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
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 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
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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Knowledge Life Live Lost Philosophy Wisdom
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
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
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
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality

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