The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry. — 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
U.S. policy toward the third world should be one of depopulation — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
In my particular case foreign policy happens to be my hobby, my consuming interest. I had spent decades studying it. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
At any rate, mutually assured destruction was never our policy. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an objective of American foreign policy. And if they put Jews into… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Depopulation should be the highest priority of foreign policy towards the third world, because the US economy will require large and increasing… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The test of policy is how it ends, not how it begins. Foreign policy is the art of establishing priorities. Demonization is… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Our greatest foreign policy problem is our divisions at home. Our greatest foreign policy need is national cohesion and a return to… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Realism in foreign policy means careful consideration of all aspects pertinent to the issue, before taking a decision. This is the only… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
In my life, I have almost always been on the side of active foreign policy. But you need to know with whom… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The art of good foreign policy is to understand and to take into consideration the values of a society, to realize them… — 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
I don't know what happens in the next years. But I cannot now design a policy in which we try to keep… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
No, [the U.S.] has made it clear that we consider a peaceful resolution an essential aspect of American foreign policy. This I… — 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
For the West, the demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one. Putin… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The Chinese military budget today is officially listed as, I think, about $15 billion. But even if you double it, that's only… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I would say the special experience of American wartime policy in the last 40 years, from Vietnam on, is that the war… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
In the period after the Second World War, there were still leaders in Europe who represented weak countries, but possessed a sense… — 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
Far too often the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
For my generation the relationship with Europe was the central point of American foreign policy. Even during my time in government there… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I have said there are three principles that should be followed. One, we should maintain the "one China" policy that every American… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Create the impression of endless willingness to compromise and you almost invite deadlines. That's the challenge we now have in North Korea… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Realism in foreign policy is made up of a clear set of values, since difficult foreign policy decisions are often decided with… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
When I became security advisor, I became familiar with the so-called SIOP war plans, I called in Secretary McNamara and asked him… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Well, he keeps saying that, and as defense secretary, of course he has to think of a lot of potential enemies. I… — 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
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
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