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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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...

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...

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...

Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow...

Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow...

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

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

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

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

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

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.

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is 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...

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...

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

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...

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 absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

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...

Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the little,...

Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the little,...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...