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
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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It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Woe to the statesman whose arguments for entering a war are not as convincing at its end as they were at the beginning, Bismarck had cautioned.
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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.
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There can’t be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.
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The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it’s their fault.
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To 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.
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Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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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 absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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It is one of history’s ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.
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For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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