Conviction Quote by Henry A. Kissinger

“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 Kissinger

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions…

— Henry A. Kissinger

Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered.

— Henry A. Kissinger

“It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and…

— Calvin Coolidge

In foreign policy, even if you hold high office, you can't be sure what the effects will be of the things you do.

— Anne-Marie Slaughter

In today's US, it's possible for almost anyone - women, gays, African-Americans, Jews - to run for, and be elected to, high office.

— Salman Rushdie

It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and…

— Calvin Coolidge

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years.

— Thomas Hardy

With people in high office, the old - you go into the extreme, which is absolute power and absolute power corrupts.

— Clint Eastwood

I've heard it for years, if you're very successful you can't run for high office, especially for President.

— Donald Trump

I've heard it for years, if you're very successful you can't run for high office, especially for President. I said, I don't care, I…

— Donald Trump

It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion

— Calvin Coolidge