Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Quote by Henry A Kissinger

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If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items,...

If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items,...

The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples.

The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

Next week there can't be any crisis. My schedule is already full.

Next week there can't be any crisis. My schedule is already full.

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.

The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the...

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the...

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot...

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot...

It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it...

It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it...

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake...

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake...

If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

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

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

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should...

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should...

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

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

No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with...

No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with...

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace...

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace...

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it...

For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it...

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.