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The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America.

Henry Kissinger

When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
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
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
A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Moral Perfection Policy Security
Yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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Freedom Peace Rule Secure
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Empty Power Strength
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
If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign. The chess player aims for total victory. The wei qi player seeks relative advantage.
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Decision Seek Victory
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
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
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
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

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