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Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.

Henry Kissinger

The goal of the tribute system was to foster deference, not to extract economic benefit or to dominate foreign societies militarily.
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Goal Oppression
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
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
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
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
Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.
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Argument Beginning End War
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
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
The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends on Facebook.
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Evidence Friendship Lonely Mindset Path Walk
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
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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