Depopulation should be the highest priority of foreign policy towards the third world, because the US economy will require large and increasing amounts of minerals from abroad, especially from less developed countries
Henry A. KissingerA leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.
Henry A. KissingerThe Russian empire under czars and commissars has been hard to deal with for other countries.
Henry A. KissingerWe cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.
Henry A. KissingerOne of the hardest things for the president is to distinguish the routine issues that come through from the essential issues that affect the long term, and not to let himself get sucked into the battles of the bureaucracy for marginal issues, and to keep them focused and to keep his mind clear on what the fundamental things are that he has to accomplish.
Henry A. Kissinger