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I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

Henry Kissinger

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
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
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Animal Man Policy Stupidity
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
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
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
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
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
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success

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