Quotes by Henry A. Kissinger

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A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

Henry A. Kissinger

People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would require me to stop talking for three hours.

Henry A. Kissinger

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

Henry A. Kissinger

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Henry A. Kissinger

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.

Henry A. Kissinger

A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.

Henry A. Kissinger

No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.

Henry A. Kissinger

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.

Henry A. Kissinger

It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.

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Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.

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Power is the great aphrodisiac.

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Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Henry A. Kissinger

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

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There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

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Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

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Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.

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The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

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It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Henry A. Kissinger

No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.

Henry A. Kissinger