More from Henry Kissinger
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.
More about risk
Robert Frost1874–1963The Road Not Taken (1915), Mountain Interval (1916, 1920), The Road Not Taken, st. 4In contextAnyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
