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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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...

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of...

We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of...

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...

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.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

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.

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

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

We are all the President's men.

We are all the President's men.

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

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

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

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...

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...