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 essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

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.

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...

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 cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

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...

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does...

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would...

People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would...

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.

We are all the President's men.

We are all the President's men.

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...

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.