Quotes from Henry Kissinger

Pokud Ã…â"¢ádu nelze dosáhnout obecnou shodou ani jej vnutit silou, pak nelze jinak než jej za cenu katastrof a nelidskostí ukout ze zkuÅ¡enosti chaosu.

Foreign policy is in danger of turning into a subdivision of domestic politics instead of an exercise in shaping the future.

World order cannot be achieved by any one country acting alone. To achieve a genuine world order, its components, while maintaining their own values, need to acquire a second culture that is global, structural, and juridical—a concept of order that transcends the perspective and ideals of any one region or nation.

Observe carefully; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership.40

Ã…Ëœe?eno slovy Rooseveltova oblíbeného poÃ…â"¢ekadla, Amerika bude "mluvit tiÅ¡e a držet silnou h?l".

vlci a ovce dohodli na odzbrojení a jak ovce na znamení toho, že konají v dobré víÃ…â"¢e, poslaly hlídací psy pry? – a vlci je pak snÄ›dli.

Snad žádná domácí diskuse v amerických dÄ›jinách nezanechala tak hluboké rány jako spory kolem války ve Vietnamu.

continuous revolution had three sources: ideology, tradition, and Chinese nationalism.

No leader among Russia's immediate neighbors shares America's faith in Russian conversion as the key to his country's security.

At the end of my November 1973 visit, I suggested to Zhou a hotline between Washington and Beijing as part of an agreement on reducing the risks of accidental war.

China does not want revolution; it does not want war or revenge; it simply wants the Chinese people to "bid farewell to poverty and enjoy a better life" and for China to become—in contrast to the taunting rejectionism of Mao—"the most responsible, the most civilized, and the most law abiding and orderly member of the international community."32

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

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

Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests

It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.

There can't be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.

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

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

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

Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem

A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security