No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.

Quote by Henry A Kissinger

Topics: Success Quotes

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

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...

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 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.

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...

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.