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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Henry A. Kissinger

Absence

Mind

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

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

No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

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

People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would require me to stop talking for three hours.

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.

Henry A. Kissinger

Office

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Henry A. Kissinger

Politicians

Reputation

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

The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.

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

Henry A. Kissinger

Army

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

Henry A. Kissinger

Loneliness

Nixon