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White House Years quotes

Henry Kissinger

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“Politicians are like dogs. Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable.” Henry Kissinger, White House Years
“The public life of every political figure is a continual struggle to rescue an element of choice from the pressure of circumstance.” Henry Kissinger, White House Years
“Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.” Henry Kissinger, White House Years
“Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.” Henry Kissinger, White House Years
“In Washington the appearance of power is therefore almost as important as the reality of it; in fact, the appearance is frequently its essential reality.” Henry Kissinger, White House Years
“For moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have a choice.” Henry Kissinger, White House Years
“We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.” Henry Kissinger, White House Years
“No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.” Henry Kissinger, White House Years
“For other nations Utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is no farther than the intensity of their commitment.” Henry Kissinger, White House Years
“History knows no resting places and no plateaus.” Henry Kissinger, White House Years

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