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

Henry Kissinger

Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
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
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
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
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
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
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
There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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Funny Future
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Action Difference
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place

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