The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.

Henry Kissinger

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

Henry Kissinger

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Henry Kissinger

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it's their fault.

Henry Kissinger

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

Henry Kissinger

It is not often that nations learn from the past,even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.

Henry Kissinger

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

Henry Kissinger

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Henry Kissinger

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

Henry Kissinger

Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.

Henry Kissinger

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

Henry Kissinger

There can't be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.

Henry Kissinger