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Henry Kissinger Quotes and Quotations
Now when I bore people at a party, they think it's their fault. The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer. The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. Intelligence is not all that important in the exercise of power and is often, in point of fact, useless. Just as a leader doesn't need intelligence, a man in my job doesn't need too much of it either. 90% of the politicians give the other 10% a bad reputation. There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. The illegal we do immediately, the unconstitutional takes a little longer. A conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if it does not lose. I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850. The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, who he assumes to have perfect vision. The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time. No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time. The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision. The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose. No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time. I do not stand on protocol. If you just call me Excellency, it will be okay. The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault. There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. |