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

Quote by Henry A Kissinger

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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...

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly...

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly...

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create...

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create...

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.

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...

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...

We are all the President's men.

We are all the President's men.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.

The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.

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...

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

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.