Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

Quote by Henry A Kissinger

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In crises the most daring course is often safest.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

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...

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.

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...

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

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...

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should...

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should...

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...

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...

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.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

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...

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.

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,...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...