Henry A. Kissinger Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive.”

“The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions.”

“High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.”

“If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.”

“No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.”

“If it's going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately.”

“Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.”

“The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.”

“We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.”

“The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.”