The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.

Quote by Henry A Kissinger

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The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

We are all the President's men.

We are all the President's men.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.