in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
HENRY KISSINGERin international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
HENRY KISSINGERIt has the added advantage of being true.
HENRY KISSINGERThe 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 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 KISSINGERThe Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
HENRY KISSINGERThe illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
HENRY KISSINGEROrder always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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 KISSINGERIn 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.
HENRY KISSINGERThe task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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 KISSINGERI want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
HENRY KISSINGERA 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.
HENRY KISSINGERIf Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.
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 KISSINGERIn short, the end justifies the means.
HENRY KISSINGER