It has the added advantage of being true.
HENRY KISSINGERA diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
More Henry Kissinger Quotes
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In 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.
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A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
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Where 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?
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Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends on Facebook.
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Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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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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A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.
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It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America.
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Chinese thinkers developed strategic thought that placed a premium on victory through psychological advantage and preached the avoidance of direct conflict.
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The goal of the tribute system was to foster deference, not to extract economic benefit or to dominate foreign societies militarily.
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Can governmental orders be invented from scratch by intelligent thinkers, or is the range of choice limited by underlying organic and cultural realities (the Burkean view)?
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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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The art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
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I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
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America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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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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The Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
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Later I learned to improve my forecasting—if necessary by asking the visitor in advance what subjects he intended to raise with Nixon.
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Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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