Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.
From Henry Kissinger
Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.
There is obviously a gap between the public's perception of the role of U.S. foreign policy and the elite's perception.
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.
People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any forum that would require me to stop talking for three hours.
The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions.
You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.
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