Henry A. Kissinger Quotes

Syria was too weak to fight Israel alone, ... He saw that if it didn't join the international system in some manner, it would fall hopelessly behind. His motive was entirely practical.

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at a moment when the international situation and the United Nations are in a stage of extraordinary transition.

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Because of the axiom that guerrillas win if they do not lose, stalemate is unacceptable, ... the military challenge in Iraq is more elusive.

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If a radical government emerges in Baghdad or if any part of Iraq becomes what Afghanistan used to be, a training ground for terrorists, then this will be a catastrophe for the Islamic world and for Europe, much as they may -- reluctant as they may be to admit it -- and eventually for us.

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We had a very interesting and positive discussion, and I appreciate the opportunity to meet with several of the key staff members of the governor's staff, ... A few weeks ago I stood with the governor when I spoke about present events and nuclear strategy, and my impression is we share very compatible views.

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The Indians are master-psychologists. They know they have to deal with us because they are literally now in worse shape than ever.

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In relations with many domestically weak countries, a radio transmitter can be a more effective for form of pressure than a squadron of B-52's.

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No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.

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We have overcomplicated the issue, ... The United States has been attacked on its territory with thousands of casualties. All the United States is saying it cannot tolerate weapons of mass destruction in that region.

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A diamond is a chunk of coal that is made good under pressure.

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High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.

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The president is trying to head out in a direction that avoids civil war in Iraq, and that prevents the insurgents from dominating and establishing some sort of fundamentalist regime.

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On the one hand we want the Soviets to think that the situation might get out of hand, while on the other hand we want to persuade them not to let it get out of hand. The Soviets might stop without a major nuclear exchange. I don't believe they have an unlimited urge to escalate. I think they will be looking for excuses not to escalate.

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We cannot always assure the future of our friends we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.

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We are all the President's men.

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I want to get into the President's head some idea of what he can do. If military actions are recommended to him for decision, I want him to know what he is doing when he decides.

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Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. Thereas too much fraternizing with the enemy.

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For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered for Americans it is just beyond the horizon.

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American abdication in Iraq will have global consequences if a fundamentalist radical state were to emerge in Baghdad.

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Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

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Donald Rumsfeld is the most ruthless man I have ever meta and I mean that as a compliment.

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We speak to no other country as frankly and openly as we do to you.

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I believe -- and certainly from everything I've been told about him -- that he's an honorable enough man so that he will carry out his assignment with ability and with care.

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The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes.

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Kay ennobled all of her human relationships, ... In the pain of this moment, none of us would trade places with those whose lives were never touched by Kay Graham.

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