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Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.

Henry Kissinger

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
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
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
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
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
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
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
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
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
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
Politicians are like dogs, Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable
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Commitment Dog Expectation Growth Life Politics
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule

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