319 Quotes by Henry A. Kissinger

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

In the middle '50s, I had written that the point would come, inevitably, at which the relationship between the cause of conflict and political objectives would be lost.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

I believe that without Watergate we would have had an extraordinary period of success with a strong Nixon and a still vital Brezhnev in power.

This is awful. Do it again.

No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.

Every success is usually an admission ticket to a new set of decisions.

Taiwan will probably not declare independence. The question isn't independence. The issue is whether Taiwan will declare itself as a sovereign separate state. That will start a huge crisis if that happens.

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.