Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World
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Still, most histories report that there were probably fewer than fifty and no more than one hundred U.S. military casualties due to direct Soviet action between 1947 and 1991.
“Emerson pointed out, “The test of courage comes when we are in the minority.”
― Modern Bushido: Living a Life of Excellence
― Modern Bushido: Living a Life of Excellence
“Seek not the favor of the mulititude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them. Immanuel Kant”
― Modern Bushido: Living a Life of Excellence
― Modern Bushido: Living a Life of Excellence
“The state of a king shuts him from the world, yet the business of a king requires him to know it thoroughly;”
― Common Sense
― Common Sense
“That which is not good for the bee-hive, cannot be good for the bee.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Next to hating their enemies, men are most inclined to flatter them.”
― Democracy in America
― Democracy in America
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