The convictions that leaders have formed before reaching high office are the intellectual capital they will consume as long as they continue in office.
Henry A. KissingerOne has to remember that every progress that has been made towards peace in the Middle East has come under American leadership.
Henry A. KissingerA leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
Henry A. KissingerWhat is applicable is to understand that first of all China has undergone a huge revolution in the last years. Anyone who saw China as I did in 1971 - and for that matter even in 1979, because not much had changed between 1971 and 1979 - and sees China today, knows one is in a different economic system.
Henry A. Kissinger