“The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn’t make it.” -Henry A. Kissinger
“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.” -Henry A. Kissinger
“No foreign policy – no matter how ingenious – has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.” -Henry A. Kissinger
“Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.” -Henry A. Kissinger