If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless.
Henry A. KissingerBlessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.
Henry A. KissingerThe Chinese, on the other hand, were in the position of having an American military spy plane on a Chinese military base and they had their own internal problems to deal with. At first, the Chinese weren't all that belligerent. They were just stalling to get their own bureaucracy in line.
Henry A. Kissinger