The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
Henry KissingerStichwörter: peace war common-sense soldier
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
Henry KissingerStichwörter: leadership
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
Henry KissingerThe war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just. The will is therefore the principle element that must be considered, not the means... He who intends to kill the guilty sometimes faultlessly shed the blood of the innocents...'
In short, the end justifies the means.
A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.
Henry KissingerStichwörter: history diplomacy china
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.
Henry KissingerA country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security
Henry KissingerStichwörter: foreign-policy
We fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process we lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war: the guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win. The North Vietnamese used their armed forces the way a bull-fighter uses his cape — to keep us lunging in areas of marginal political importance.
Henry KissingerThe illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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