Americans hold that every problem has a solution; Chinese think that each solution is an admission ticket to a new set of problems.
HENRY KISSINGERAmericans hold that every problem has a solution; Chinese think that each solution is an admission ticket to a new set of problems.
HENRY KISSINGERorder 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.
HENRY KISSINGERWoe 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.
HENRY KISSINGERIf you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
HENRY KISSINGERBehind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
HENRY KISSINGERA more immediate issue concerns North Korea, to which Bismarck’s nineteenth-century aphorism surely applies: We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
HENRY KISSINGERFor Roosevelt, if a nation was unable or unwilling to act to defend its own interests, it could not expect others to respect them. Inevitably,
HENRY KISSINGERI want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
HENRY KISSINGERNinety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
HENRY KISSINGERThe illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
HENRY KISSINGERLater I learned to improve my forecasting—if necessary by asking the visitor in advance what subjects he intended to raise with Nixon.
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?
HENRY KISSINGERBlessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God
HENRY KISSINGERTo 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.
HENRY KISSINGERFor nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
HENRY KISSINGERWe live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
HENRY KISSINGER