black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

Henry Kissinger

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
HENRY KISSINGER

Alone Deserve Leadership
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
HENRY KISSINGER

One Liner Power
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
HENRY KISSINGER

Big World
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)?
HENRY KISSINGER

Choice Government Intelligence Limitation Thinking
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
HENRY KISSINGER

Difficult Price Problem Victory
The Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
HENRY KISSINGER

Force Language Understand
It has the added advantage of being true.
HENRY KISSINGER

True
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
HENRY KISSINGER

Improvement Inspirational Success
History is the memory of States.
HENRY KISSINGER

History Memories
Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
HENRY KISSINGER

Goal Nation Reality
In effect, none of the most important countries which must build a new world order have had any experience with the multi-state system that is emerging. Never before has a new world order had to be assembled from so many different perceptions, or on so global a scale.
HENRY KISSINGER

Experience Important World
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it’s their fault.
HENRY KISSINGER

Funny Mistake People Thinking Yourself
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
HENRY KISSINGER

Force Rule
The goal of the tribute system was to foster deference, not to extract economic benefit or to dominate foreign societies militarily.
HENRY KISSINGER

Goal Oppression
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
HENRY KISSINGER

Enemy Win
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
HENRY KISSINGER

Intellectual Politics

Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Henry Kissinger Quotes