Henry A. Kissinger
Henry A. Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissingeris an American diplomat and political scientist. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as United States Secretary of State in the administrations of presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. For his actions negotiating the ceasefire in Vietnam, Kissinger received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize under controversial circumstances, with two members of the committee resigning in protest. Kissinger later sought, unsuccessfully, to return the prize. After his term, his advice has been sought by world leaders...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth27 May 1923
CountryGermany
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If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent.
Power is the great aphrodisiac.
Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.
I believe it is a mistake to isolate arms control from other areas of policy.
Create the impression of endless willingness to compromise and you almost invite deadlines. That's the challenge we now have in North Korea and have had in North Korea for 10 years. In this sense, diplomacy and foreign policy and other elements of political activity have to be closely linked and have to be understood by the negotiators
A little uncertainty is good for everyone.
I do not stand on protocol. If you just call me Excellency, it will be okay.
Tutelage is a comfortable relationship for the senior partner, but it is demoralizing in the long run. It breeds illusions of omniscience on one side and attitudes of impotent irresponsibility on the other.
Nixon had three goals: to win by the biggest electoral landslide in history; to be remembered as a peacemaker; and to be accepted by the 'Establishment' as an equal. He achieved all these objectives at the end of 1972 and the beginning of 1973. And he lost them all two months later-partly because he turned a dream into an obsession.
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
The history of things that didn't happen has never been written.
We are not just any nation.
We are all the President's men.
It is frankly a mistake of amateurs to believe you can gain the upper hand in a diplomatic negotiation.