#readwise # The Bear and the Dragon  ## Metadata - Author: [[Tom Clancy]] - Full Title: The Bear and the Dragon - Genres: [[Fiction]], [[Thriller]], [[Espionage]], [[Military Fiction]], [[Action]], [[Suspense]], [[Adventure]], [[War]], [[Mystery]], [[Spy Thriller]] - URL: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19687.The_Bear_and_the_Dragon ## Highlights - Politics is the art of compromise, the art of getting the important things you want, while giving to others the less important things they want, and doing so in such a way that you’re the one doing the giving, not them doing the taking—because that’s what makes you the boss. ([Location 2463](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001Q9J4PQ&location=2463)) - “What we call law is nothing more or less than the public’s collective belief, their conviction of what right and wrong is. Whether it’s about murder, kidnapping, or running a red light, society decides what the rules are. ([Location 3251](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001Q9J4PQ&location=3251)) ^s5z5kn - THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC WILL ENDURE UNTIL THE DAY CONGRESS DISCOVERS THAT IT CAN BRIBE THE PUBLIC WITH THE PUBLIC’S MONEY—ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE. ([Location 3385](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001Q9J4PQ&location=3385))