Democracy is too important to leave up to the votes of the people. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I have always expressed respect for those people who make public declarations. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Whenever a new president comes in, people that are used to the previous president wonder if he has the same capacity. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would require me to stop talking for three… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I don't think we should pay people to fight terrorism. I would be amazed if they asked for anything in return. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
What we in America call terrorists are really groups of people that reject the international system — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
There are only two reasons to sit in the back row of an airplane: Either you have diarrhea, or you're anxious to… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Americans believe that you can alter people by conversion, and that everybody in the world is a potential American. The Chinese also… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something. The nice… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people.… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I can think of no faster way to unite the American people behind George W. Bush than a terrorist attack on an… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Would food be considered an instrument of national power? ... Is the U.S. prepared to accept food rationing to help people who… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The Russian people, at least the ones I know, have pride in being a Russian. And, therefore, they want to be taken… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
It is always easy to divide the world into idealists and power-oriented people. The idealists are presumed to be the noble people,… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I am against portraying China as the demon of the global community. China has grasped more quickly than other countries what globalization… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I think an appeal to American idealism and willingness to sacrifice would be an important contribution, because what is happening now in… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
There are some people who think that at some time in the future, China may challenge us for supremacy in the Pacific,… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. The public… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The mistake we make with many people - not just Russia - is that we believe we have the model, and there… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I was always convinced that decent people in the case of Vietnam, highly intelligent, decent people, got us involved because they had… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Well it did not make excessive sense to say that 20 million people are the recognized government of a billion people that… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Our problem was that in the American approach to Soviet affairs policy has oscillated between people who take an essentially psychological approach… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Today, America would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order. Tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The American formal position has been that we oppose violence by governments against their people. That principle should not be abandoned. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I do not criticize people who take a public stand on human rights issues. I express my respect for them. But some… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Statesmen think in terms of history and view society as an organism. Prophets are different since they believe absolute aims can be… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
We first became conscious of the plane publicly on a Monday. I thought then by the weekend it would be done. But… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
People are now starting to explain the Cold War. Even in the crises at that time the survival of millions of people… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I believe it is a mistake to isolate arms control from other areas of policy. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
Before the Freedom of Information Act, I used to say at meetings "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." [...]… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
The convictions that leaders have formed before reaching high office are the intellectual capital they will consume as long as they continue in office. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
Nothing is more urgent than a serious, dare I say compassionate, debate as to where we are going at home and abroad. Technicians cannot… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
Jews were segregated from 1933 on. We could only play against other Jewish teams. This wasn't just social segregation; this was the beginning of… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
The Russian people, at least the ones I know, have pride in being a Russian. And, therefore, they want to be taken seriously in… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
There are only two reasons to sit in the back row of an airplane: Either you have diarrhea, or you're anxious to meet people… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
John Paul II was one of the greatest men of the last century. Perhaps the greatest. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
Taiwan will probably not declare independence. The question isn't independence. The issue is whether Taiwan will declare itself as a sovereign separate state. That… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
China is a country with a record of continuous self-government going back 4,000 years, the only society that has achieved this. One must start… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
With proper tactics, nuclear war need not be as destructive as it appears. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
I think a resumption of the Cold War would be a historic tragedy. If a conflict is avoidable, on a basis reflecting morality and… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
University politics make me long for the simplicity of the Middle East. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share
