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Conventional analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination. It imagines passing clouds to be permanent and is blind to powerful, long-term shifts taking place…

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It has always struck me as the world's great fortune that the two great superpowers were the United States and the Soviet…
Idealism is frequently another word for self-righteousness, a disease that can only be corrected by a profound understanding power in its complete…
Recent presidents have gone off on ad hoc adventures. They have set unattainable goal because they have framed the issue incorrectly, as…
Wars are times of intense technological transformation, because societies invest - sometimes with extensive borrowing - when and where matters of life…
Anger does not make history. Power does. And power may be supplemented by anger, but it derives from more fundamental realities; geography,…
Strategy is something that emerges from reality, while tactics might be chosen.
A century is about events. A decade is about people.
Europeans have always thought of U.S. presidents as either naive, as they did with Jimmy Carter, or as cowboys, as they did…
The great presidents never forget the principle of the republic and seek to preserve and enhance them – in the long run–…
Galvanized people can do careless things. It is in the extreme and emotion-laden moments that distance and coolness are most required. I…
Conventional analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination. It imagines passing clouds to be permanent and is blind to powerful, long-term…

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One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the… — Mary Pickford
A little cooling down of animal excitability and instinct, a little loss of animal toughness, a little irritable weakness and descent of… — William James
When I reached C Company lines, which were at the top of the hill, I paused and looked back at the camp,… — Evelyn Waugh
It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the… — Winston Churchill
Death offers mankind a full view of truth. — Socrates
Conventional analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination. It imagines passing clouds to be permanent and is blind to powerful, long-term… — George Friedman
I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, it’s because I have nothing more to… — Clarice Lispector
For once, his vampire expression failed him. His response was right there on his face, in full view and easily read. He… — Keri Arthur
For some unknown reason, success usually occurs in private, while failure occurs in full view. — Jill Shalvis
We ought instead of retreating should follow up the enemy and take Richmond. And in full view of all responsible for such… — Philip Kearny
The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view. — Garry Trudeau
Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view. — Nikhil Saluja

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