Study
history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of
statecraft.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the
general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he
demands in slaughter.
Those
who can
win a war well can rarely
make a good
peace and those
who could
make a good
peace would never have
won the war.
Politics are
very much like war. We may even have to
use
poison gas at times.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a
chance to get its pants on.
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Politics is the ability to
foretell what is going to happen
tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the
ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
It is
a fine game to play – the game of politics – and it is well
worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.
If
you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for
the law.
There
is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published
opinion.
History is written by the victors.
War
▪
World
War II
▪
Cold War
▪
World War III
Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
If
the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period
of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a
peaceful and helpful way toward one another. |