Catastrophe Quote by Henry A. Kissinger

“Now we have a whole series of problems - energy, environment, proliferation - which go beyond the nation. And we also know that a conflict between major powers would be a catastrophe for which there is no compensation in anything you can gain.”

Henry A. Kissinger

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