The Russian empire under czars and commissars has been hard to deal with for other countries. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
One has to remember that every progress that has been made towards peace in the Middle East has come under American leadership. — 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
I have been observing China for more than 30 years and am impressed how logically and wisely it tackles its problems. Obviously… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Almost every peace process that has gone on between the Arab side and Israel, the United States has been somewhat isolated because… — 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
The reason prophets are so rarely honored in their own country is that their role is to transcend the limits of their… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The problem is Russia is a country that has lost 300 years of its history, in terms of most of what was… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
If a Chinese plane landed at Los Angeles Airport having just bought down an American military plane, he wouldn't be permitted to… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
One theory is that we will make war look so attractive that we undermine the deterrent. That's Never Never Land. What we… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Every time there has been an attempt to disturb it, it led to two things. It led to immediate intense conflict with… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
In the short term, it would not have made it possible to resume relations, because in the Chinese mind, the humiliation of… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
John Paul II was one of the greatest men of the last century. Perhaps the greatest. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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