Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God
HENRY KISSINGER
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
More Henry Kissinger Quotes
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Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God
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For the balance of power is never static; its components are in constant flux.
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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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If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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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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Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
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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 Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.
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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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In short, the end justifies the means.
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A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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The mindset for walking lonely political paths may not be self-evident to those who seek confirmation by hundreds, sometimes thousands of friends on Facebook.
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It has the added advantage of being true.
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