Now we have a whole series of problems - energy, environment, proliferation - which go beyond the nation. And we also know… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Competing pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided; more often it is a crisis invited. — 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
We are used to dealing with problems that have a solution and that can be solved in a finite period. But we're… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
From a geo-strategic point of view, I consider Iran a bigger problem than the Islamic State. ISIS is a group of adventurers… — 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
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
Iraq has to be made an international, and not just a national American problem. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
We attempted to try to solve every problem in the world, out of a sense of moral obligations, and attitudes, and our… — 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
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
When you travel as secretary, one problem you have is that the press comes with you and wants an immediate result because… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The Chinese, on the other hand, were in the position of having an American military spy plane on a Chinese military base… — 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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