It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.

Quote by Henry A Kissinger

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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...

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...

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

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...

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...

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace...

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

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.

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

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

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...

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.