I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

Quote by Henry A Kissinger

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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...

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

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...

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...

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

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.

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.