The Vietnam War was a great tragedy for our country. And it is now far enough away so that one can study without using the slogans to see what's really happened.
And history teaches this iron law of revolutions: the more extensive the eradication of existing authority, the more its successors must rely on naked power to establish themselves. For,in the end,leg...
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people they think it's their fault.
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
90% of the politicians give the other 10% a bad reputation.
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.
A conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if it does not lose.
The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room each believing himself in mortal peril from the other who he assumes to have perfect vision.
Intelligence is not all that important in the exercise of power and is often in point of fact useless. Just as a leader doesn't need intelligence a man in my job doesn't need too much of it either.