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Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
American Statesman
Born: May 27, 1923
Every History People War Will You
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The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions. Henry Kissinger
Valid Seventies Unsuitable Policy Principles Foreign Caused Foreign Policy Conditions American Sixties American Foreign Policy Trauma Applying
I don't ascribe to myself any special competence in economic insight. I translate what I hear from highly intelligent people into political and philosophical propositions. Henry Kissinger
Myself People Political Philosophical Insight Economic Highly Hear Intelligent Intelligent People Any Ascribe Translate Special Competence
The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry. Henry Kissinger
Believe Temptation Policy Foreign Foreign Policy American Psychiatry
It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it. Henry Kissinger
Leadership Responsibility Leader Operate Familiar Transcend After Expert
The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision. Henry Kissinger
Vision Men Feeling Assumes Other Way Superpowers Perfect He Mortal Armed Like Peril Blind Himself Around Behave Often Room Each Whom Believing Two
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative. Henry Kissinger
Funny Thought Virtue Those Only Alternative Moderation Who
Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts. Henry Kissinger
History Country Whatever Marked Leaders Highly Most Policies Foreign Opposed Were Been Experts Who Originated
It's never happened in history that every region in the world could affect every other region simultaneously. The Roman empire and the Chinese empire didn't know much about each other and had no means of interacting. Now we have every continent able to reach every other. Henry Kissinger
History World Roman Empire Every Other Able About Could Never Had Simultaneously Empire Reach Know Continent Affect Roman Interacting Happened Chinese Region Much Means Each Now
Every first-term president has to learn something after he comes into office. Nobody can be completely ready for the inevitable crises. Henry Kissinger
Inevitable Every President Crises Something He Nobody Learn Ready Office After
No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time. Henry Kissinger
War Time Country Every No Country Part Wisely Simultaneously Globe Act Moment
The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision. Henry Kissinger
Experience Vision Nation Duty Statesman Between His Bridge Gap
If it's going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately. Henry Kissinger
Better Immediately Out Come Going Eventually
People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any forum that would require me to stop talking for three hours. Henry Kissinger
Me People Amazing Three Would Take Generally Hours Talking Amazed Any Stop Interest Require Forum
A president has an inescapable responsibility to provide direction: What are we trying to achieve? What are we trying to prevent? Why? To do that, he has to both analyze and reflect. Henry Kissinger
Achieve Responsibility Reflect President Analyze Direction Prevent Both He Inescapable Provide Trying Why
I think we would find, if you study the conduct of guerilla-type wars, that the Obama Administration has hit more targets on a broader scale than the Nixon Administration ever did. Henry Kissinger
You Think Broader Scale Nixon Obama Administration Obama Administration Would Find More Study Conduct Targets Hit Than Did Wars Ever
We are moving towards a world that is reordering itself and that may appear more ordered at some periods of time, but I see no sign that we are moving towards a world order in my definition of it - namely, a system which is accepted, which is internalized by the majority of the key participants. Henry Kissinger
Time World Key Definition Sign System See Some More Participants Towards Namely Majority Periods Accepted Itself May Order Ordered Which Moving Appear World Order
If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress. Henry Kissinger
Consider Negotiation Sign Duress Want Request Should Captivity Captured Ever
It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise. Henry Kissinger
Nature History Own Otherwise Once Nixon Could His Tragedy End Greek Fulfilling Started
The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself. Henry Kissinger
Myself Out More Longer Am Infallible Office Appear
We are all the President's men. Henry Kissinger
Men President
The high probability is if American forces withdraw from Afghanistan and if no alternative international arrangement is made that then the historic contests between the regions and the sects will reappear, the Taliban will re-emerge, and a very complicated and maybe chaotic situation will develop. Henry Kissinger
Complicated Will Made Situation Chaotic High Develop Between Taliban Withdraw Forces Alternative Arrangement Contests Historic Very American Probability Afghanistan Maybe Regions Then International
The attitude of the West and of Russia towards a crisis like Ukraine is diametrically different. The West is trying to establish the legality of any established border. For Russia, Ukraine is part of the Russian patrimony. Henry Kissinger
Attitude Ukraine Crisis Border Russia Russian Part Towards Like Diametrically West Legality Trying Any Establish Established Different
I don't see the wisdom in modern politicians that I once saw in men like Dean Acheson, David Bruce, or George Marshall. In my day, the northeastern establishment dominated foreign policy formulation, but the composition and distribution of our population is very different today. Henry Kissinger
Today Wisdom Day Men Politicians Our Once Saw Distribution See Marshall Composition Bruce David Like Policy Dean Foreign Foreign Policy George Very Dominated Modern Different Establishment Formulation Population
Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton both had exceptional natural abilities. Nelson Rockefeller was very good statewide but never gained national traction. Henry Kissinger
Good Natural National Nelson Ability Both Exceptional Never Had Reagan Rockefeller Clinton Very Gained Ronald Reagan Bill Bill Clinton
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