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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
I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method now to deal with Russia was to keep our mouths shut and let our actions speak for words. Henry L. Stimson
Time Words Speak Own Our Russia My Own Him Deal Opinion Method Mouths Actions Actions Speak Keep Now Shut
But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature too revolutionary and dangerous to fit into old concepts. Henry L. Stimson
Nature Man Dangerous Old First Control Think Too Step Instead Merely Over New Concepts Forces First Step Fit Revolutionary Bomb
Gentlemen don't read each other's mail. Henry L. Stimson
Other Mail Read Gentlemen Each
The only deadly sin I know is cynicism. Henry L. Stimson
Only Sin Know Deadly Cynicism
I do not see how the Japanese can hold out against this united front. Henry L. Stimson
Out See How Front Hold Against Japanese United
There has been growing quite a strain of irritating feeling between our government and the Russians and it seems to me that it is a time for me to use all the restraint I can on these other people who have been apparently getting a little more irritated. Henry L. Stimson
Government Time Me People Feeling Other Our Has-Been Restraint Russians Seems More Between Been Getting Quite Irritated Irritating Little Strain Use Who Apparently Growing
We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all of us recognize its difficulty. Henry L. Stimson
Long Situation Difficult Difficulty Recognize Over Question Debated Very Us
After I had gone through this matter with the President I told him of my condition of health and that my doctors felt that I must take a complete rest and that I thought that that meant leaving the Department finally in a short time. Henry L. Stimson
Time Health Matter Thought Rest Doctors Gone President Complete Finally Must Through Take Had Him Felt Leaving Condition Department Short After Short Time Meant
The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an effect on hastening the victory. Henry L. Stimson
War Victory Will Russians Entrance Effect Certainly Bomb
A library is thought in cold storage. Herbert Samuel
Library Thought Cold Storage
He suffered from a rush of words to the head. Herbert Samuel
Words Rush He Head Suffered
It was not the path I was to take. Because of my deeds, I will never know peace again. Hiawatha
Peace Path Will Take Never Know Because Again Deeds
No nation is so great as to be able to afford, in the long run, to remain outside an increasingly universal League of Nations. Hjalmar Branting
Great Long Nation Increasingly Run Able Remain Long Run Outside League Afford Nations Universal
A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal. Hjalmar Branting
Service Humanity Equality Increasingly Recognized Able Smaller Ideal Does However Accord Nations Which Interest Should Use Whole Position
All in all, the League of Nations is not inevitably bound, as some maintain from time to time, to degenerate into an impotent appendage of first one, then another of the competing great powers. Hjalmar Branting
Time Great First Degenerate Some Maintain Bound League Powers First One Another Inevitably From Time To Time Nations Then Competing
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