Diplomacy Quotes

“Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.”

― Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy

topic:strength power

“And history teaches this iron law of revolutions: the more extensive the eradication of existing authority, the more its successors must rely on naked power to establish themselves. For, in the end, legitimacy involves an acceptance of authority...”

― Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy

“For the greatest part of humanity and the longest periods of history, empire has been the typical mode of government. Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.”

― Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy

topic:government

“A war is just when the intention that causes it to be undertaken is just...”

― Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy

topic:war justice

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

― Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy

topic:science art

“right is more precious than peace”

― Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy

topic:peace right

“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

“Beyond the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum: truculent language masked an inner hollowness”

― Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy

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