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Henry Kissinger

The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.
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Moral Right Risk Survive
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
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.
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End Establishment History Power Rise War
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
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
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
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
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
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
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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Intellectual Politics
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
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
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

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