The defining issue is that the government in Taiwan was considered to be the government of all of China, and the authorities in Beijing were not recognized as a government of China. So Taiwan was the residuary for all of China.
Henry A. KissingerWe are used to dealing with problems that have a solution and that can be solved in a finite period. But we're at the beginning of a long period of adjustment that does not have a clear-cut terminal point, and in which our wisdom and sophistication and understanding has to be one of the key elements.
Henry A. KissingerYou can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.
Henry A. KissingerIf eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent.
Henry A. KissingerI do not believe that Putin intends to leave office in a Cold War atmosphere with the United States.
Henry A. KissingerWe're at a moment when the international system is in a period of change like we haven't seen for several hundred years. In some parts of the world, the nation state, on which the existing international system was based, is either giving up its traditional aspects, like in Europe, or as in the Middle East, where it was never really fully established, it is no longer the defining element. So in those two parts of the world, there is tremendous adjustment in traditional concepts.
Henry A. Kissinger