List of Henry A. Kissinger Quotes

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Henry A. Kissinger
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Everybody who has dealt with china over an extended period of time has come to more or less the same conclusions. there are nuances of differences, but not fundamental differences. i think that president bush was heading in this direction, and i have no doubt that he will again wind up in this position. but right now he has to be preoccupied with the atrocity committed in new york and washington.
New York Thinking Wind
I think an appeal to american idealism and willingness to sacrifice would be an important contribution, because what is happening now in many countries, not yet in the united states, but in many european countries, it's the inability of government to ask for sacrifices of its people.
Country Sacrifice Thinking
We are not just any nation.
4th Of July Nations
You know, this is a very strange phenomenon. i keep reading that in american newspapers, and i keep reading extensive speculations. i meet with the chinese leaders periodically, and while i don't say they've endorsed the missile shield, it has not been in the forefront of their discussions.
Reading Leader Chinese
Let me make my point about vietnam. when the nixon initiation came into office, there were 550,000 americans in combat. and ending the war was not a question of turning off a television channel. and so, debating on how we got there and what judgments were made was not going to help us.
War Office Vietnam
The position is that stability and peace in asia depend on a cooperative relationship between china and the united states.
United States Asia China
We are used to dealing with problems that have a solution and that can be solved in a finite period. but we're at the beginning of a long period of adjustment that does not have a clear-cut terminal point, and in which our wisdom and sophistication and understanding has to be one of the key elements.
Cutting Keys Long
I was always convinced that decent people in the case of vietnam, highly intelligent, decent people, got us involved because they had made, in part, a misjudgment about the nature of the communist system and the unity of the communist world and the degree to which the experience of europe could be repeated in vietnam.
Intelligent Europe People
He [deng xiaoping] said that he did not understand why we failed to grasp that the alternative was not democracy, but total chaos and risking all the reforms that had been achieved.
Democracy Reform Alternatives
The american formal position has been that we oppose violence by governments against their people. that principle should not be abandoned.
Government People Violence
I would have said, before the world trade center events, that he would try to get a normal relationship with china - making clear to china what the limits are of what america can accept, but also showing understanding for some of chinese necessities. i thought he was moving towards the position that i have more or less advocated.
Moving America Understanding
Why should we flagellate ourselves for what the cambodians did to each other?
Should
  • Born: May 27, 1923
  • Occupation: Former National Security Advisor
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