To revolutionaries the significant reality is the world which they are fighting to bring about, not the world they are fighting to overcome.
Henry A. KissingerThe statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.
Henry A. KissingerThe task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
Henry A. KissingerI have learned, as I wrote, that history must be discovered, not declared. It's an admission that one grows in life.
Henry A. KissingerWhat is applicable is to understand that first of all China has undergone a huge revolution in the last years. Anyone who saw China as I did in 1971 - and for that matter even in 1979, because not much had changed between 1971 and 1979 - and sees China today, knows one is in a different economic system.
Henry A. Kissinger