I don’t ascribe to myself any special competence in economic insight. I translate what I hear from highly intelligent people into political and philosophical propositions. Henry Kissinger Read Quote
I have been a professor, and I have been a policymaker, and as a professor, you think in terms of truth or absolutes. Henry Kissinger Read Quote
The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry. Henry Kissinger Read Quote
If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation – and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress. Henry Kissinger Read Quote
My view of my role is that together with like-minded men and women, I could help contribute to a bipartisan view of American engagement in the world for another period; I could do my part to overcome this really, in a way, awful period in which we are turning history into personal recriminations, depriving our political system of a serious debate. Henry Kissinger Read Quote
The Vietnam War was a great tragedy for our country. And it is now far enough away so that one can study without using the slogans to see what’s really happened. Henry Kissinger Read Quote
Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts. Henry Kissinger Read Quote
A president has an inescapable responsibility to provide direction: What are we trying to achieve? What are we trying to prevent? Why? To do that, he has to both analyze and reflect. Henry Kissinger Read Quote
