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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.

Henry Kissinger

Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
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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Guilty Himself Kill Principle War Willing
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
Who controls the money controls the world.
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Control Money Power World
The Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
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Force Language Understand
A Harvard study has shown that in fifteen cases in history where a rising and an established power interacted, ten ended in war.
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End Establishment History Power Rise War
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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Knowledge Life Live Lost Philosophy Wisdom
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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Goal Nation Reality
The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America.
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Art Fight War
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
History is the memory of States.
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History Memories

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