I have learned, as I wrote, that history must be discovered, not declared. It's an admission that one grows in life.
Henry A. KissingerHenceforth the adequacy of any military establishment will be tested by its ability to preserve the peace.
Henry A. KissingerIf a Chinese plane landed at Los Angeles Airport having just bought down an American military plane, he wouldn't be permitted to leave the next day. So then we developed a framework which should have been acceptable as a concept to the Chinese, namely to express regret for the loss of life and maintain our position that we had a right to fly these missions.
Henry A. Kissinger