342 Quotes by Henry Kissinger


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    It is one of history’s ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.

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    You know, this is a very strange phenomenon. I keep reading that in American newspapers, and I keep reading extensive speculations. I meet with the Chinese leaders periodically, and while I don’t say they’ve endorsed the missile shield, it has not been in the forefront of their discussions.

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    Chinese thinkers developed strategic thought that placed a premium on victory through psychological advantage and preached the avoidance of direct conflict.

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    Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed.

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    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.

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