Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."
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"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."
Henry Kissinger
"There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full."
Henry Kissinger
"No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time."
Henry Kissinger
"And history teaches this iron law of revolutions: the more extensive the eradication of existing authority, the more its successors must rely on naked power to establish themselves. For,in the end,legitimacy involves an acceptance of authority without compulsion; its absence turns every contest into a test of strength."
Henry Kissinger
"Americans have a tendency to believe that when there's a problem there must be a solution."
Henry Kissinger
"A 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 Kissinger
"A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone."
Henry Kissinger
"Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God"
Henry Kissinger
"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been."
Henry Kissinger
"In every era, humanity produces demonic individuals and seductive ideas of repression. The task of statesmanship is to prevent their rise to power and sustain an international order capable of deterring them if they do achieve it."
Henry Kissinger
"Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad."
Henry Kissinger
"Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy."
Henry Kissinger
"Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy."
Henry Kissinger
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