White House Years Quotes

“In Washington the appearance of power is therefore almost as important as the reality of it; in fact, the appearance is frequently its essential reality.”

― Henry Kissinger, White House Years

topic:power reality appearance

“No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.”

― Henry Kissinger, White House Years

topic:wisdom

“We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.”

― Henry Kissinger, White House Years

topic:future

“Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.”

― Henry Kissinger, White House Years

“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

“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

“History knows no resting places and no plateaus.”

― Henry Kissinger, White House Years

topic:history

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