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Political Quotes by Henry A. Kissinger
- What political leaders decide, intelligence services tend to seek to justify.
- We fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process…
- An Iranian moderate is one who has run out of ammunition.
- Create the impression of endless willingness to compromise and you almost invite deadlines. That's the challenge we now have in North Korea and have had…
- The public life of every political figure is a continual struggle to rescue an element of choice from the pressure of circumstance.
- I don't have a brief for every single reaction of Israel, but I think it is important that the political negotiations occur free of the…
- I also do not believe that the United States can let itself be driven into a political role by escalating terrorism, and therefore, the leaders…
- Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
- Power is the great aphrodisiac.
- The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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- Under every stone lurks a politician. — Aristophanes
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
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