Quotes by Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

American politician

Lived from: 1923 - 2023

Category: Politics Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 27 may 1923 Died: 29 november 2023

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  • For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon.
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  • Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.
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  • Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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  • Even a paranoid can have enemies.
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  • I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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  • If it's going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately.
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  • If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.
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  • If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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  • It is barely conceivable that there are people who like war.
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  • It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.
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  • Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.
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  • Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
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  • Next week there can't be any crisis. My schedule is already full.
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  • Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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  • Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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  • The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
    TIME magazine (2 januari 1978)
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  • The essence of this man [Richard M. Nixon] is loneliness.
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  • The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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  • The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.
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  • The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault.
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What are the most famous quotes from Henry Kissinger?

The two most famous quotes from Henry Kissinger are:

  • "For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon."
  • "Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God."

When did Henry Kissinger live?

Henry Kissinger was born in 1923 and died in the year 2023.