Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
HENRY KISSINGERWhen statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
More Henry Kissinger Quotes
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It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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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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in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Later I learned to improve my forecasting—if necessary by asking the visitor in advance what subjects he intended to raise with Nixon.
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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.
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Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Politicians are like dogs, Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable
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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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For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Who controls the money controls the world.
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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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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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