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> [“in the international arena, national power is a direct result of economic might.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-r-kroeber/in-the-international-arena-national-power-is-a-direct-result-of/)

[Arthur R. Kroeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-r-kroeber/)

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> [Anyone who has seen the auto factories in Detroit and the oil fields in Texas knows that Japan lacks the national power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/anyone-who-has-seen-the-auto-factories-in-detroit-and-the-oil-fields/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

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> [A truly global economy, as opposed to the multinational economy of the recent past, will require concessions of national power ... that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wriston/a-truly-global-economy-as-opposed-to-the-multinational-economy-of-the/)

[Walter Wriston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-wriston/)

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> [The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-royce/the-mantra-from-the-obama-state-department-is-smart-power-the-not-so/)

[Ed Royce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-royce/)

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> [Would food be considered an instrument of national power? ... Is the U.S. prepared to accept food rationing to help people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-a-kissinger/would-food-be-considered-an-instrument-of-national-power-is-the-u-s/)

[Henry A. Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-a-kissinger/)

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> [“The battlefields of World War I established the importance of petroleum as an element of national power when the internal combustion machine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-yergin/the-battlefields-of-world-war-i-established-the-importance-of/)

[Daniel Yergin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-yergin/)

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> [Social and cultural change, however desirable, should not be effected by the engines of national power. Let us, through persuasion and education,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/social-and-cultural-change-however-desirable-should-not-be-effected/)

[Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/)

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> [Clearly, this Sino-Japanese War of more than four years was a considerable burden on Japan's national power and an obstacle to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tojo-hideki/clearly-this-sino-japanese-war-of-more-than-four-years-was-a/)

[Tojo Hideki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tojo-hideki/)

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> [Americans must place greater emphasis on the more subtle dimensions of national power, such as innovation, education, the balance of force and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-brzezinski/americans-must-place-greater-emphasis-on-the-more-subtle-dimensions/)

[Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-brzezinski/)

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> [The stream will not permanently rise higher than the main source; and the main source of national power and national greatness is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/the-stream-will-not-permanently-rise-higher-than-the-main-source-and/)

[Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/)

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> [“The shift in national power may be overshadowed by an even more fundamental shift in the nature of power. Enabled by communications…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/national-research-council/the-shift-in-national-power-may-be-overshadowed-by-an-even-more/)

[National Research Council](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/national-research-council/)

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