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“I am very comfortable with the strategic decisions that I made.”

“, I'm going to reserve judgment on [Rex] Tillerson. But I'll ask him the same question I've asked the others: do you understand the historic lesson that the Iraq war was a failure, a strategic mistake, that's what Donald Trump says.”

War Asks Mistake Trump Lessons Judgment Iraq Reserves Historic Strategic Iraq War

Author:Rand Paul

“Now we characterise Russian-Chinese relations as a strategic partnership, even a special strategic partnership. We have never had such a level of trust with China before. China is our major trade and economic partner among foreign states. We implement joint multi-billion projects. We cooperate not only within the UN Security Council, which is logical, as both China and Russia are permanent members of the UN Security Council, but also within such regional organisations as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, BRICS, etc.”

“We have every reason to say, and I note this with great satisfaction, that a truly friendly relationship has evolved with China, and in many key areas these relations, without any exaggeration, have a strategic character. As we say, the strategic character of privileged partnership.”

Reason Character Keys Areas Relation Notes Satisfaction China Friendly Partnership Privileged Strategic Exaggeration

Author:Vladimir Putin

“I think a far more important strategic way to deal with the Islamic State would be to bring some of these regional partners and explain to them that Turkey's own contradictory foreign policy has to end. I mean, if United States is serious, it has leverage over Turkey. And apparently it has not been able to move Turkey sufficiently.”

Ifs Thinking Way Mean Important Ends States Would Be Able Moving United Deals United States Policy Serious Partners Islamic Foreign Policy Turkeys Contradictory Strategic Islamic State

Author:Vijay Prashad

“Most people our age have the whole "dating game" [mentality] of trying to sell yourself or be strategic.”

People Trying Whole Age Games Dating Sells Mentality Strategic

Author:Gerard Horan

“We have zero strategic thinking out of our White House. And we have a national security structure that has lost its way when it comes to strategic thinking and strategic decision-making.”

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Author:Michael T. Flynn

“The only time I get frustrated with activist criticism is if I have recognized them, and invited them to work with me to figure out how we solve this problem that they're concerned about, and either they don't engage out of the sense of purity - "I'm not going to shake his hand" - or you're not sufficiently prepared so you don't even know what to ask for, or you're not being strategic as an activist and trying to figure out how the process has to work in order for you to get what you want.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“The Gulf War was a clear precedent as well, and it let us begin to understand how the US government would go to war to secure strategic oil reserves and potential markets.”

Wells War Government Clear Oil Secure Reserves Strategic Precedent Gulf War

Author:Judith Butler

“Be yourself. Hillary Clinton, you have a great vision for our country. You know the policy, you have good judgment that springs from that. You're a strategic thinker, and you have a connection with the American people that springs from a lifetime of service and leadership to them, to America's working families. So, just go talk about that. Forget the script, forget everything else. Just be Hillary Clinton. Be yourself.”

“Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn't just decide to sit on the bus, it was strategic.”

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Author:Aisha Hinds

“I wouldn't give up on Russia, and with oil at $90 a barrel, they can refurbish their strategic capabilities and under an authoritarian regime, those nuclear weapons are still there and in the wrong hands we might have a problem again.”

Giving Stills Problem Hands Might Giving Up Weapons Oil Nuclear Russia Capability Regimes Nuclear Weapons Strategic Barrels

Author:John Bolton

“It's both strategic, to get people's minds off other things, and to pick an internal enemy. It's part of [Donald Trump's] psychodynamics to always care about his press coverage intensely. He's more interested in that than anything else.”

People Mind Care Enemy Trump Picks Presses Internals Strategic Coverage

Author:Mark Shields

“If we have to continue to live under sequestration, it will have a maximum impact on our ability to fulfill the president's strategic guidance. We can't do it all. It's as simple as that, with the limitations of the budget as severe as they are. These deep, abrupt cuts have forced us to make decisions that are not in the interest of America.”

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Author:Chuck Hagel

“Create strategic alliances and partnerships: Now and in years to come, shrewd leaders will create allegiances with other organizations whose fates are correlated with their own.”

Years Leader Fate Organization Partnership Strategic Alliances Allegiance

Author:Warren G. Bennis

“The key thing for all businesses, and especially of course technology businesses or businesses that employ technology as a key kind of strategic advantage, is you always have to be investing in the future.”

Kind Courses Technology Keys Advantage Investing Strategic Key Things Investing In The Future

Author:Reid Hoffman

“Russia could be, in fact, it would have to be a different Russia, but it could be a splendid ally. I will say this for the Russians: on their - in their favor, they have the intellectual capacity and the habits of mind to act in the world on a strategic scale, and were they do to so in service of a better cause than their current set of grievances, they would be a natural partner.”

World Mind Different Facts Would Be Causes Natural Habit Intellectual Capacity Currents Partners Favors Scales Russia Allies Splendid Strategic Grievance Habits Of Mind

Author:Daniel Fried

“We don't have polls from the business world, but it's pretty clear that the energy corporations in America would be quite happy to be given authorization to go back into Iran instead of leaving all that to their rivals. But the state won't allow it. And it is setting up confrontations right now, very explicitly. Part of the reason is strategic, geo-political, economic, but part of the reason is the mafia complex. They have to be punished for disobeying us.”

“It's a principle that anything our leaders do is for noble reasons. It may be mistaken, it may be ugly, but basically noble. And if you bring in normal moderate, conservative, strategic, economic objectives you threatening that principle.”

Ifs May Reason Leader Principles Economic Normal Conservative Ugly Noble Objectives Mistaken Threatening Moderates Strategic

Author:Noam Chomsky

“It is only through popular consultation and exchange with the people about social and economic policies that we were going to define the strategic direction of Cuba in the next years. To reach prosperous and sustainable socialism, which is our aspiration, we discussed that with the entire population.”

People Years Next Social Economic Policy Population Socialism Aspiration Prosperous Next Year Strategic Cuba Economic Policy Consultation

Author:Alejandro Castro Espin

“Cities like Detroit exist because they occupy important sites. In the case of Detroit, it sits on a river between two great lakes - very important and strategic.”

Two Important Cities Cases Rivers Lakes Site Strategic Detroit Great Lakes

Author:James Howard Kunstler

“As Muslims, our interests are our values. In any society, be it in Western or Muslim-majority countries, our duty is that of critical loyalty: Staying loyal to our countries by always being critically engaged in the name of the principles of justice, equality and human brotherhood. We should be the ethical and moral voice wherever we are by saying that, even though we understand economic and geo-strategic interests, we cannot accept a violation of these principles by any society.”

“In strategic affairs, clarity and consistency are very important.”

Important Affair Clarity Consistency Strategic

Author:Ashton Carter

“Yes, ISIS is a threat. It's more than a nuisance. It's also in many respects criminal violence. But it isn't, in my view, a central strategic issue facing humanity.”

Humanity Views Issues Violence Threat Criminals Isis Strategic Nuisance

Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski

“Trade has always existed, but we used to defend our strategic interests. Could you imagine the United States allowing French engineering giant Alstom to purchase General Electric? I don't think so.”

Thinking States Used Interest United United States Imagine Trade Giants Allowing Engineering Electric Strategic General Electric

Author:Marine Le Pen

“Look at Google. They are re-organizing their businesses ,even renaming it with Alphabet, so they can be bolder and make strategic mistakes and then learn from them. But most companies aren't Google in that they make incremental changes and don't go for the moon shot.”

Looks Mistake Company Moon Shots Google Strategic Alphabet Incremental Change

Author:Kabir Sehgal

“Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan's intervention. People interested in foreign policy were astonished when in 1985 he met alone at Geneva - alone, not a single strategic thinker at his elbow! - with the Soviet Communist master Gorbachev.”

People War Remember Culture Policy Masters Cold Mets Reactions Communist Thinker Soviet Foreign Policy Recalls Cold War Shocked Intervention Strategic Elbows Geneva Gorbachev

Author:Russell Baker

“Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie actor playing opposite a chimpanzee, for heaven's sake. They think Reagan is too naive, too innocent, to grasp the intellectual complexities of cold war strategy.”

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Author:Russell Baker

“Microsoft, Apple, Facebook all bought huge patent portfolios to further their strategic game. They're doing what I'm doing!”

Games Huge Apples Strategic Microsoft Patents Portfolios

Author:Nathan Myhrvold

“Business is war! Its leaders are strategic commanders, who boldly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - and who perform other acts of derring-do. This kind of talk sounds great in the boardroom, and, for that matter, in the bookstore, where dozens of authors counsel would-be corporate warriors.”

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Author:Nathan Myhrvold

“Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision.”

Firsts Business Vision Planning Worthless Strategic Strategic Planning Future Planning Strategic Vision

Author:John Naisbitt

“There's places where a secure fence will work, and that strategic type fencing will work. But the idea that people can easily just stand up and say, oh, let's build a fence and be done with it, wipe our hands, it's going to secure the border, that's not reality.”

People Ideas Done Hands Reality Type Secure Borders Fence Wipe Strategic Fencing

Author:Rick Perry

“The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely consistent with each other. In fact, they're mutually reinforcing.”

Facts Improvement Consistent Strategic Continuity Risk Management Continuous Improvement

Author:Michael Porter

“The decision he made with Usama bin Laden was a tactical decision. It wasn't a strategic decision. The strategic decision was made by President Bush to go after him. What President Obama has done on his watch, the issues that have come up while he's been president, he's gotten it wrong strategically every single time.”

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Author:Rick Santorum

“Europe has always represented a major strategic opportunity to achieve our goal of creating and building an enduring global brand.”

Opportunity Goal Achieve Building Creating Majors Europe Endure Brands Strategic

Author:Howard Schultz

“It is fair to say that insofar as sport is taken seriously by those who play it, then to that extent their conduct in play - their ability to deal with loss or victory, their ability to meld strategic thinking and brute force - can be taken as a small-scale model of how they, or others like them, might behave in life.”

Thinking Play Might Force Sports Loss Ability Deals Taken Victory Models Fairs Scales Behave Strategic Brutes Brute Force Strategic Thinking

Author:Will Self

“Al Qaeda is almost all in Pakistan, and Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And yet for every dollar we're spending in Pakistan, we're spending $30 in Afghanistan. Does that make strategic sense?”

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Author:Joe Biden

“Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal.”

Littles Country Problem Lying Poor Sea Materials Forgotten Appeals Islands Regions Isolated Desperation Emergencies Strategic Poor Countries Niger

Author:Desmond Tutu

“For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.”

“I spent 22 years in the United States military, so I'm a pretty strategic level thinker.”

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Author:Allen West

“Consciousness of exclusion through naming is acute. Identities seem contradictory, partial, and strategic.”

Seems Consciousness Identity Contradictory Strategic Exclusion

Author:Donna J. Haraway

“Destroying Iraq was the greatest strategic blunder this country has made in its history. Unless we change course, there's every reason to believe the Iraq War will end up changing the United States more than it will ever change Iraq.”

Believe Made War Ends Country States Reason Courses United United States Iraq Destroying Strategic Iraq War Blunders

Book:The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower

Source: The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower

“I like football. I find its an exciting strategic game. Its a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.”

“Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.”

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Author:Abdallah II

“Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences.”

Humans Use Interest Differences Principles Issues Rights Honest Protect Human Rights China Dialogue Incentives Strategic Sanctions

Author:Madeleine Albright

“Does Curran not involve you in his strategic sessions?” Ghastek asked. “Nope, I’m just here to look pretty.”

Looks Doe Session Strategic

Book:Magic Slays

Source: Magic Slays

“We touched base at several strategic locations down our bodies, and it took all my willpower to break away.”

Body Break Touched Location Willpower Strategic

Book:The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale

Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale

“The 'fires'n that produce thick, rarely innocent, often strategic smoke should therefore be scrutinized. they should be known and identified; and when they involve dishonesty, lies, or manipulation, they they should be ignored.”

Should Lying Known Fire Produce Innocent Smoke Manipulation Thick Ignored Strategic Dishonesty

Author:Tariq Ramadan

“Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations”

Secret Successful Organization Quitting Strategic Successful Organizations

Book:The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

Source: The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. An apparently trivial indulgence in lust or anger today is the loss of a ridge or railway line or bridgehead from which the enemy may launch an attack otherwise impossible.”

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