Henry Kissinger1923–2023The quotations of
Henry Kissinger
American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977
1923–2023
28 quotes, most often on Politics, America and Leadership.
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
- The New York Times (January 19, 1971). See Michael C. Thomsett and Jean Freestone Thomsett War and Conflict Quotations: A Worldwide Dictionary of Pronouncements from Military Leaders, Politicians, Philosophers, Writers and Others Jefferson, NC & Lond
The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles.
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
No side will win the Battle of the Sexes. There’s too much fraternizing with the enemy.
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it’s their fault.
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