Quotes by : Henry Kissinger

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What....

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

Now when I bore people at a party they think it's their fault.

I do not stand on protocol. If you just call me Excellency it will be okay.

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great....

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room each believing....

The illegal we do immediately the unconstitutional takes a little longer.

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