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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Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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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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order without freedom, even if sustained by momentary exaltation, eventually creates its own counterpoise; yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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The Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
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America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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It has the added advantage of being true.
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Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Who controls the money controls the world.
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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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Later I learned to improve my forecasting—if necessary by asking the visitor in advance what subjects he intended to raise with Nixon.
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Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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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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Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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