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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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 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.

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...

We are all the President's men.

We are all the President's men.

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by...

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by...

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...

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.