--- title: "1 Real Tragedies Quotes By Henry Kissinger" description: "1 Real Tragedies quotes by Henry Kissinger. Plus more from Henry Kissinger and more Real Tragedies sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bf/henry-kissinger-5357_black-and-white_to-me-there-is-not-only-right-or-wrong-b_3047439.jpg" --- > [“To me there is not only right or wrong but many shades in between...The real tragedies in life are not in choices between right and wrong. Only the most callous of persons choose what they know to be wrong. Real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/to-me-there-is-not-only-right-or-wrong-but-many-shades-in-between-the/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bf/henry-kissinger-5357_black-and-white_to-me-there-is-not-only-right-or-wrong-b_3047439.jpg) ## More by Henry Kissinger > [We are moving towards a world that is reordering itself and that may appear more ordered at some periods of time, but I see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/we-are-moving-towards-a-world-that-is-reordering-itself-and-that-may/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/today-americans-would-be-outraged-if-u-n-troops-entered-los-angeles/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [“New methods of accessing and communicating information unite regions as never before and project events globally—but in a manner that inhibits reflection, demanding of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/new-methods-of-accessing-and-communicating-information-unite-regions/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [“The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/the-art-of-war-articulates-a-doctrine-less-of-territorial-conquest/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [“Like the United States, China thought of itself as playing a special role. But it never espoused the American notion of universalism to spread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/like-the-united-states-china-thought-of-itself-as-playing-a-special/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [Every first-term president has to learn something after he comes into office. Nobody can be completely ready for the inevitable crises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/every-first-term-president-has-to-learn-something-after-he-comes-into/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [“Politicians are like dogs... Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/politicians-are-like-dogs-their-life-expectancy-is-too-short-for-a/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [The tragedy of America is that it entered all the wars with a consensus in favor of them, but within a defined period, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/the-tragedy-of-america-is-that-it-entered-all-the-wars-with-a/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [“If history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/if-history-teaches-anything-it-is-that-there-can-be-no-peace-without/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [“In the Chinese version of exceptionalism, China did not export its ideas but let others come to seek them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/in-the-chinese-version-of-exceptionalism-china-did-not-export-its/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [“In Washington...the appearance of power is therefore almost as important as the reality of it. In fact, the appearance is frequently its essential reality”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/in-washington-the-appearance-of-power-is-therefore-almost-as/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/the-nice-thing-about-being-a-celebrity-is-that-when-you-bore-people/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [“For Sun Tzu, victory is not simply the triumph of armed forces. Instead, it is the achievement of the ultimate political objectives that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/for-sun-tzu-victory-is-not-simply-the-triumph-of-armed-forces-instead/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [“China produced no religious themes in the Western sense at all. The Chinese never generated a myth of cosmic creation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/china-produced-no-religious-themes-in-the-western-sense-at-all-the/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) > [“The consensus that had sustained our postwar foreign policy had evaporated. The men and women who had sustained our international commitments and achievements were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kissinger/the-consensus-that-had-sustained-our-postwar-foreign-policy-had/) [Henry Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kissinger/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real-tragedies/henry-kissinger/#itemlist", "name": "1 Real Tragedies Quotes By Henry Kissinger", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To me there is not only right or wrong but many shades in between...The real tragedies in life are not in choices between right and wrong. Only the most callous of persons choose what they know to be wrong. 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