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America has fought five wars ...

America has fought five wars since 1945 and has gained its objectives in only one of them, the Gulf War.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

Most foreign policies that hi...

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

Even a paranoid can have enem...

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

Leaders are responsible not f...

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

Everybody has a hacking capab...

Everybody has a hacking capability. And probably every intelligence service is hacking in the territory of other countries. But who exactly does what? That would be a very sensitive piece of information. But it's very difficult to communicate about it. Because nobody wants to admit the scope of what they're doing.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

University politics are vicio...

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

No foreign policy - no matter...

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 Kissinger 366 quotes

It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon...

It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

To be absolutely certain abou...

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

We are moving towards a world...

We are moving towards a world that is reordering itself and that may appear more ordered at some periods of time, but I see no sign that we are moving towards a world order in my definition of it - namely, a system which is accepted, which is internalized by the majority of the key participants.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

The attitude of the West and ...

The attitude of the West and of Russia towards a crisis like Ukraine is diametrically different. The West is trying to establish the legality of any established border. For Russia, Ukraine is part of the Russian patrimony.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

Ninety percent of the politic...

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

Power is the great aphrodisia...

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

Whatever must happen ultimate...

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

There has come into being a k...

There has come into being a kind of a Shia belt from Tehran through Baghdad to Beirut. And this gives Iran the opportunity to reconstruct the ancient Persian Empire - this time under the Shia label.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

Each success only buys an adm...

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

There is obviously a gap betw...

There is obviously a gap between the public's perception of the role of U.S. foreign policy and the elite's perception.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

Accept everything about yours...

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

The conventional army loses i...

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

The Vietnam War required us t...

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.

Henry Kissinger 366 quotes

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