319 Quotes by Henry A. Kissinger

Well, the capacity of French intellectuals to understand a Texan way of thinking is finite.

Before the Freedom of Information Act, I used to say at meetings "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." ... But since the Freedom of Information Act, I'm afraid to say things like that.

It is not often that nations learn from the past,even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.

In my life, I have almost always been on the side of active foreign policy. But you need to know with whom you are cooperating. You need reliable partners.

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision.

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

In a nuclear war, even if one side were to come out ahead by systems analytical standards, both sides would be so weakened, that it would - they would be in the position of Europe after the two World Wars.

If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.