A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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?
More Henry Kissinger Quotes
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When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Americans hold that every problem has a solution; Chinese think that each solution is an admission ticket to a new set of problems.
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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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I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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The war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element that must be considered, not the means, He who intends to kill the guilty sometimes faultlessly shed the blood of the innocents
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Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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History is the memory of States.
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Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Who controls the money controls the world.
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In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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order without freedom, even if sustained by momentary exaltation, eventually creates its own counterpoise; yet freedom cannot be secured or sustained without a framework of order to keep the peace.
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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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A country whose security depends on producing a genius in each generation sets itself a task no society has ever met.
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A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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