If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Quote by Henry A Kissinger

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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...

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.

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...

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.

The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid...

The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid...

If it's going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately.

If it's going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

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,...

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...

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a...

A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a...

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

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

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

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.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

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

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

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.

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think...

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think...

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...