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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.

Henry Kissinger

The art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
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Art Avoid Revenge
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
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
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
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
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
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
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
Can governmental orders be invented from scratch by intelligent thinkers, or is the range of choice limited by underlying organic and cultural realities (the Burkean view)?
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Choice Government Intelligence Limitation Thinking
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign. The chess player aims for total victory. The wei qi player seeks relative advantage.
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Decision Seek Victory
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important

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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