I have learned, as I wrote, that history must be discovered, not declared. It's an admission that one grows in life.
Henry A. KissingerAmerica has made it very clear in several administrations that if there is an attack by China on Taiwan, the United States is very likely to resist.
Henry A. KissingerNo, [the U.S.] has made it clear that we consider a peaceful resolution an essential aspect of American foreign policy. This I believe to be a situation understood by China, but again, it is important to not sound too truculent. Taking on a billion-plus Chinese is not an enterprise which one should enter lightly.
Henry A. KissingerLet me make my point about Vietnam. When the Nixon initiation came into office, there were 550,000 Americans in combat. And ending the war was not a question of turning off a television channel. And so, debating on how we got there and what judgments were made was not going to help us.
Henry A. Kissinger