Kissinger Quotes

Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.

— Tom Lehrer

Henry Kissinger is perhaps the best-known American statesman of the 20th century.

— Saul David

Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.

— Shirley Temple

Harvard makes mistakes too, you know. Kissinger taught there.

— Woody Allen

“Understanding clearly that what they were doing was illegal, Nixon and Kissinger did it anyway.”

— Gary J. Bass

Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.

— Tom Lehrer

I am not now, and never have been, a girlfriend of Henry Kissinger.

— Gloria Steinem

Pride comes before a fall - although in [Henry Kissinger's] case it's more conceit than pride.

— Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

“I want to write a book called Kissing Kissinger. It won’t be about kissing, Kissinger, or even politics. It’ll be about radiator…

— Jarod Kintz

I wanted to look at how people deal with death. Why is Henry Kissinger not in jail and Charles Manson is?

— John Roecker

Flattery was one of Kissinger's principal tools in winning over Nixon, and a tool he employed shamelessly.

— Robert Dallek

I'd like President Bush to think maybe there's another way to think, that maybe Kissinger was wrong when he says we had…

— F. Murray Abraham

I don't think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot…

— Noam Chomsky

Henry Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized and excluded.

— Christopher Hitchens

I was fourteen when Kissinger made his secret trip to China, and then there was subsequently Nixon's trip to China, and I…

— John Pomfret

I know what kind of books I read on vacation, and it is not necessarily 'Diplomacy' by Henry Kissinger. No disrespect to…

— Meghan McCain

If you watch the evening news, Dr. Kissinger is very often brought on to sort of be the statesman of his age…

— Eugene Jarecki

What Americans cant face is that one of the reasons that the Russians and the Chinese were so impressed with us during…

— Robert D. Kaplan

Kissinger-type foreign policy is clearly, in my view, the proper tilt for us in the future, and he [Donald Trump] gets it.…

— Jeff Sessions

The important point was that whatever errors America had made [in Vietnam] "we are so powerful [according to Secretary Kissinger] that Hanoi…

— William Shawcross

I had real plans for my next decade and felt I'd worked hard enough to earn it. Will I really not live…

— Christopher Hitchens

Henry Kissinger appeared on Dynasty. Have you had any celebrities outside of the film or acting realm that have said, "You know,…

— Tony Shalhoub

The main challenge is what to do in the face of double standards. Those who should be rendered accountable under international criminal…

— Richard A. Falk

Given lesser opportunities, Kissinger would have done very well as a talk show host. Fortunately for him, although not so fortunately for…

— Lewis H. Lapham

There is the case of Henry Kissinger who was a known scholar who later became the National Security Advisor to President Nixon…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

“In February, Nixon, his way paved by secret journeys that Kissinger took in 1971 to Peking, made a lavishly televised week-long visit…

— James T. Patterson

I think the Republicans and conservatives generally were alienated by America's unsuccessful effort in Vietnam, and a lot of them, as Henry…

— William J. Clinton

If the most important revolutionary part of the George W. Bush Doctrine is that states that harbor terrorists are terrorist states, what…

— Noam Chomsky

“1. Bangladesh… In 1971 ... Kissinger overrode all advice in order to support the Pakistani generals in both their civilian massacre policy…

— William M. Arkin

“Once you’ve been to Cambodia, you’ll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. You will never…

— Anthony Bourdain

Kissinger's major, and most lucrative role, has come as head of Kissinger Associates in New York City, founded on a loan obtained…

— Murray Rothbard

Kissinger projects a strong impression of a man at home in the world and on top of his brief. But there are…

— Christopher Hitchens

“So many of the professional foreign policy establishment, and so many of their hangers-on among the lumpen academics and journalists, had become…

— Christopher Hitchens

“1. Bangladesh… In 1971 ... Kissinger overrode all advice in order to support the Pakistani generals in both their civilian massacre policy…

— Christopher Hitchens

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. Henry A. Kissinger

— Henry A Kissinger

A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.

— Christopher Hitchens

He's evil. I believe in redemption, but I haven't seen any redeeming qualities in Henry Kissinger.

— Lyndon LaRouche

I'm not who people expect me to be. I'm not Henry Kissinger.

— Robert Greene

What Nixon and Kissinger began, Pol Pot completed.

— John Pilger

The neocons are supporting Hillary [Clinton] just like the neoliberals are. She's seeking the endorsement of Henry Kissinger as well.

— Jill Stein