Henry A. Kissinger Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.”

“Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.”

“I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.”

“We are all the President's men.”

“A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.”

“The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.”

“Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.”

“University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.”

“Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.”

“The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.”