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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

History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
HENRY KISSINGER

Deep Philosophy True
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
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
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Animal Man Policy Stupidity
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
Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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Nation Rule Trust
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
If history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.
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History Justice Peace Teaching
In effect, none of the most important countries which must build a new world order have had any experience with the multi-state system that is emerging. Never before has a new world order had to be assembled from so many different perceptions, or on so global a scale.
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Experience Important World
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it’s their fault.
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Funny Mistake People Thinking Yourself
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
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

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