Countries do not assume burdens because it is fair, only because it is necessary.
Henry A. KissingerRealism in foreign policy is made up of a clear set of values, since difficult foreign policy decisions are often decided with the narrowest of majorities. Without any sense of what is right and wrong, one would drown in a flood of difficult and pragmatic decisions.
Henry A. KissingerOne thing I don't want around me is a military intellectual. I don't have to worry about you on that score.
Henry A. KissingerHe [Deng Xiaoping] said that he did not understand why we failed to grasp that the alternative was not democracy, but total chaos and risking all the reforms that had been achieved.
Henry A. Kissinger