{"quotes":[{"text":"No one sits, as you do, so close to a king, who does not begin to grasp how the levers of power work, and the cost of the oil that must grease them.","author":"Geraldine Brooks","tags":["leadership","statecraft"],"id":20445,"author_id":"Geraldine+Brooks"},{"text":"A sense of messianic purpose makes the national interest almost indistinguishable from the political interests of the president.","author":"Ron Suskind","tags":["ego","leadership","self-centeredness","statecraft"],"id":60488,"author_id":"Ron+Suskind"},{"text":"State first, subject second, statesman last.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["6-word-stories","adage","administration","advertisement","alliterations","amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri-writer","blog","blogging","book-writing","bureaucracy","catch-lines","catchphrases","characters","citizen","civilians","corruption","country","creative-writing","democracy","elections","essay","governance","government","government","india","inspirational","knowledge","motivational","movie","movie-dialogue","nation","national","novel-writing","philosophy","political-parties","political-science","political-service","politicians","politics","politics","proverbs","public","public-administration","public-sector","public-speaking","punchline","quotes","rhetoric","script","script-writing","scriptwriting","six-word-story","slogans","social-networking","speech","speechwriting","state","statecraft","statesman","statesmanship","story","subject","tag-lines","vote","voting","wisdom","wit","witty","writing"],"id":167236,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"Confronted by menace or what is perceived as menace, governments will usually attempt to smash it, rarely to examine it, understand it, and drefine it.","author":"Barbara W. Tuchman","tags":["ego","leadership","pride","statecraft","strategy"],"id":173829,"author_id":"Barbara+W.+Tuchman"},{"text":"For leaders, wars are filled with guesses.","author":"John Ferling","tags":["humility","intuition","leadership","statecraft"],"id":204693,"author_id":"John+Ferling"},{"text":"The feelings of politicians are rarely transparent.","author":"John Ferling","tags":["emotion","imagery","leadership","self-control","statecraft"],"id":257090,"author_id":"John+Ferling"},{"text":"Princes give rewards with their own hands,But death or punishment by the hands of other.","author":"John Webster","tags":["deception","dirty-hands","hypocrisy","politics","prince","princes","statecraft"],"id":263538,"author_id":"John+Webster"},{"text":"He is able to put aside personal feelings and see the broad strokes. Experience counts in these things.","author":"Geraldine Brooks","tags":["leadership","maturation","seasoning","self-discipline","statecraft"],"id":271172,"author_id":"Geraldine+Brooks"},{"text":"Pointing out the possible, and expensive, entanglements that could come with widespread commercial enterprise, the author calculates the Great Britain was at war half the time between 1689 and 1783.","author":"John Ferling","tags":["materialism","military-industrial-complex","statecraft"],"id":283250,"author_id":"John+Ferling"},{"text":"Intelligence analysts should be self-conscious about their reasoning processes. They should think about how they make judgments and reach conclusions, not just about the judgments and conclusions themselves.","author":"Richard Heuer","tags":["espionage","intelligence","leadership","skepticism","statecraft","strategy"],"id":287753,"author_id":"Richard+Heuer"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":18,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}