The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.

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...

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

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

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

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...