The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.
Henry A. KissingerWhere position is felt to be a birthright, generosity is possible (though not guaranteed); flexibility is not inhibited by a commitment to perpetual success.
Henry A. KissingerI don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people.
Henry A. KissingerIt is not often that nations learn from the past even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it. For the lessons of historical experience, as of personal experience, are contingent. They teach the consequences of certain actions, but they cannot force a recognition of comparable situations.
Henry A. Kissinger