The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.

Quote by Henry A Kissinger

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Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

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...

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

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.

We are all the President's men.

We are all the President's men.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

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.