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It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.

Henry Kissinger

It is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.
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Learning Nation Past
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
Chinese thinkers developed strategic thought that placed a premium on victory through psychological advantage and preached the avoidance of direct conflict.
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Avoidance Development Direction Thinking Victory
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
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
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
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
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
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
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
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice

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