Power is the great aphrodisiac.

Quote by Henry A Kissinger

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Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

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...

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 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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

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.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

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.

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

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

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...

No regrets for the time that was lost for it all comes out in the...

No regrets for the time that was lost for it all comes out in the...

For my own part, I abandon the ethics of duty to the Hegelian critique with...

For my own part, I abandon the ethics of duty to the Hegelian critique with...

I've no regrets. You take responsibility for your actions.

I've no regrets. You take responsibility for your actions.