Henry A. Kissinger Quotes


The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. Henry A. Kissinger Leadership 192
You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria. Henry A. Kissinger Peace 114
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone. Henry A. Kissinger alone 107
Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately. Henry A. Kissinger Happen 106
The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness. Henry A. Kissinger Essence 93
Diplomacy: the art of restraining power. Henry A. Kissinger Art 91
It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it. Henry A. Kissinger Leadership 87
The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose. Henry A. Kissinger Army 86
The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision. Henry A. Kissinger Experience 78
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. Henry A. Kissinger Absence 75
Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts. Henry A. Kissinger Country 75
Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions. Henry A. Kissinger Actions 74
No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time. Henry A. Kissinger War 63
Power is the great aphrodisiac. Henry A. Kissinger Power 61
No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none. Henry A. Kissinger Success 61
A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood. Henry A. Kissinger Experience 60
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. Henry A. Kissinger Funny 60
If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress. Henry A. Kissinger Captivity 55
The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions. Henry A. Kissinger American 50
People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would require me to stop talking for three hours. Henry A. Kissinger amazing 47
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. Henry A. Kissinger Success 46
Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets. Henry A. Kissinger Accept 45
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative. Henry A. Kissinger Funny 45
The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry. Henry A. Kissinger American 43
Diplomacy: the art of restraining power. Henry A. Kissinger art 43
Art is man's expression of his joy in labor. Henry A. Kissinger Art 42
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. Henry A. Kissinger Politics 41
It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise. Henry A. Kissinger History 40
The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples. Henry A. Kissinger Free 40
In crises the most daring course is often safest. Henry A. Kissinger Course 36
Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end. Henry A. Kissinger Bleeding 36
While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive. Henry A. Kissinger Maintain 30
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. Henry A. Kissinger Politics 29

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