Henry Kissinger Quotes

“For moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have a choice.”

― Henry Kissinger, White House Years

topic:virtue choice

“Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.”

― Henry Kissinger, White House Years

topic:action opinion leadership

“Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.”

― Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy

topic:science art

“The United States is not reliable, she would give you a little something, but not much. How could imperialism give you a full meal?”

― Henry Kissinger, On China

topic:trust

“Immanuel Kant argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways: by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice.”

― Henry Kissinger, On China

topic:peace intelligence

“right is more precious than peace”

― Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy

topic:peace right

“The public life of every political figure is a continual struggle to rescue an element of choice from the pressure of circumstance.”

― Henry Kissinger, White House Years

topic:politics choice

“A country that demands moral perfection of itself as a test of its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security.”

― Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy

“Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.”

― Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy

topic:choice

“History knows no resting places and no plateaus.”

― Henry Kissinger, White House Years

topic:history

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