Why should we flagellate ourselves for what the Cambodians did to each other? — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I don't think we should pay people to fight terrorism. I would be amazed if they asked for anything in return. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Every American president, regardless of party, has said that America has an intense interest in a peaceful resolution. And I think it… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
In a diplomatic negotiation, you always meet the same the other side all the time. Even if you should succeed in outsmarting… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
We cannot give Russia veto over deployment of forces on NATO territory. But we have to understand their particular sensitivities, and, therefore,… — 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
If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I think a resumption of the Cold War would be a historic tragedy. If a conflict is avoidable, on a basis reflecting… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
You should not go to war for the privilege of withdrawal. You need to define your objective and the outcome, and it… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I've often said that the desire to lecture China on how it should behave in the world is wrong. China was around… — 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
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
I also do not believe that the United States can let itself be driven into a political role by escalating terrorism, and… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
You should not think that you can shape history only by your will. This is also why I'm against the concept of… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
U.S. policy toward the third world should be one of depopulation — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Certainly not a party of the workers and the peasants. In fact, Jiang Zemin in recent weeks has officially said that capitalists… — 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 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 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
If the six-nation forums dealing with Iran and North Korea suffer comparable failures, the consequence will be a world of unchecked proliferation,… — 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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