One thing I don't want around me is a military intellectual. I don't have to worry about you on that score.
Henry A. KissingerWithdrawal of US troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public: The more US troops come home, the more will be demanded.
Henry A. KissingerThe Gorbachev period is conceived as an abandonment of historic Russian positions. So this is the framework, in my view, in which Putin operates.
Henry A. KissingerEverybody who has dealt with China over an extended period of time has come to more or less the same conclusions. There are nuances of differences, but not fundamental differences. I think that President Bush was heading in this direction, and I have no doubt that he will again wind up in this position. But right now he has to be preoccupied with the atrocity committed in New York and Washington.
Henry A. Kissinger