A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
HENRY KISSINGERNinety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
More Henry Kissinger Quotes
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Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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For Roosevelt, if a nation was unable or unwilling to act to defend its own interests, it could not expect others to respect them. Inevitably,
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Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.
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Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
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It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.
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Intellectuals analyze the operations of international systems; statesmen build them.
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The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.
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America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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