“ No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time. Henry A. Kissinger
“ The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it. Henry A. Kissinger
“ The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision. Henry A. Kissinger
“ It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise. Henry A. Kissinger
“ The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. Henry A. Kissinger
“ A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone. 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
“ Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts. Henry A. Kissinger
“ Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God. Henry A. Kissinger
“ It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it. Henry A. Kissinger
“ You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria. Henry A. Kissinger
