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
To have the United States suddenly come up with a peace proposal after a whole series of terrorist attacks is going to… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
If you mean by "military victory" an Iraqi government that can be established and whose writ runs across the whole country, that… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Like any developing country, it has an inequality of wealth. In the Chinese case, it is particularly [pronounced] by the fact that… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
In Asia, the nation state still is extremely vital, and of course, then in Africa, a whole new pattern is emerging because… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I believe that there is a whole set of issues in the world - environment, proliferation, energy, cyberspace - that can only… — 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 master revolutions; every great achievement was an idea before it became a reality. Cathedrals cannot be built by those who are paralyzed by doubt or consumed by cynicism. If a society loses the capacity for great… — 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 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