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

Henry Kissinger

Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
Can governmental orders be invented from scratch by intelligent thinkers, or is the range of choice limited by underlying organic and cultural realities (the Burkean view)?
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Choice Government Intelligence Limitation Thinking
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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Growth Live Strong Time Weakness
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.
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Fear Insecurity Nation Represent
For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Philosophy Power Science
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God
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Blessing Destiny Eyes God Leadership People Play
Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
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
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time

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