Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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To undertake a journey on a road never before traveled requires character and courage: character because the choice is not obvious; courage because the road will be lonely at first. And the statesman must then inspire his people to persist in the endeavor.
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Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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The war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element that must be considered, not the means, He who intends to kill the guilty sometimes faultlessly shed the blood of the innocents
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For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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The art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
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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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If history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.
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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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When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends on Facebook.
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I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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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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For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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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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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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