The state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.
HENRY KISSINGERThe state is a fragile organization, and the statesman does not have the moral right to risk its survival on ethical restraint.
HENRY KISSINGERYet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
HENRY KISSINGERCan 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 KISSINGEREvery victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
HENRY KISSINGERHistory knows no resting places and no plateaus
HENRY KISSINGERA country whose security depends on producing a genius in each generation sets itself a task no society has ever met.
HENRY KISSINGERIt has the added advantage of being true.
HENRY KISSINGERPostcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
HENRY KISSINGERDon’t be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.
HENRY KISSINGERHistory is the memory of States.
HENRY KISSINGERAmerica has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
HENRY KISSINGERIf chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign. The chess player aims for total victory. The wei qi player seeks relative advantage.
HENRY KISSINGERMilitary men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
HENRY KISSINGERSelf-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies.
HENRY KISSINGERAmericans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
HENRY KISSINGERBecause complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
HENRY KISSINGER