Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Quote by Henry A Kissinger

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A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of...

We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of...

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

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...

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.

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

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

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...

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...

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

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...

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that...

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that...

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist...

I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist...

No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if...

No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if...

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but...

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but...

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.

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.