Who controls the money controls the world.
HENRY KISSINGERWho controls the money controls the world.
HENRY KISSINGEROrder always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
HENRY KISSINGEREmpires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
HENRY KISSINGEREvery victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
HENRY KISSINGERIn his essay, ‘Perpetual Peace,’ the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture.
HENRY KISSINGERIt is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
HENRY KISSINGERThe mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends on Facebook.
HENRY KISSINGERA country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
HENRY KISSINGERTo undertake a journey on a road never before traveled requires character and courage: character because the choice is not obvious; courage because the road will be lonely at first. And the statesman must then inspire his people to persist in the endeavor.
HENRY KISSINGERThere can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
HENRY KISSINGERA diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
HENRY KISSINGERIt’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
HENRY KISSINGERWhere is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
HENRY KISSINGERIf history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.
HENRY KISSINGERSelf-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
HENRY KISSINGERHistory is the memory of States.
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