The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.

Quote by Henry Kissinger

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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...

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...

People think responsibility is hard to bear. It's not. I think that sometimes it is...

People think responsibility is hard to bear. It's not. I think that sometimes it is...

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a...

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a...

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

No one will win the battle of the sexes, there is too much flirting with...

No one will win the battle of the sexes, there is too much flirting with...

The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you...

The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you...

Nobody will ever win the Battle of the Sexes. There's just too much fraternizing with...

Nobody will ever win the Battle of the Sexes. There's just too much fraternizing with...

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a...

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a...

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...

Ninety percent of all politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Ninety percent of all politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

History knows no resting place and no plateaus

History knows no resting place and no plateaus

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to...

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to...

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...

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. Thereï¿½s too much fraternizing with the...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. Thereï¿½s too much fraternizing with the...

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What...

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What...

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that...

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that...

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted

No modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable to its intellectuals

No modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable to its intellectuals

Little figures on a little screen showed newsreel footage, talked about the war with maps...

Little figures on a little screen showed newsreel footage, talked about the war with maps...