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\u201cA country that demands moral perfection of itself as a test of its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

\u201cReflections on Containment\u201d (May\/June 1994) Foreign Affairs<\/em>, Vol. 73, No. 3, p. 130; online via JSTOR [subscription service] www.jstor.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1449531589281-1a7ccd5f-aa59094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misquote notes<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: A number of sources attribute a paraphrased version of Kissinger\u2019s quote to his original Foreign Affairs<\/em> article:<\/p>\n

Actual<\/em> <\/span>– \u201cA country that demands moral perfection of itself as a test of its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security.\u201d<\/p>\n

Misquote<\/em> <\/span>– \u201cA country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: The Foreign Affairs<\/em> essay was an adapted excerpt of Kissinger\u2019s book Diplomacy <\/em>(1994). The sentence cited here is identical in both print versions.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Foreign policy journal essay, adapted from Kissinger\u2019s then-forthcoming 1994 book, Diplomacy<\/em>]:<\/p>\n

\u201cA country that demands moral perfection of itself as a test of its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security.\u201d (p. 130)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: The Foreign Affairs<\/em> essay was an adapted excerpt of Kissinger\u2019s book Diplomacy <\/em>(1994). The sentence cited here is identical in both print versions.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Featured source]<\/span>: \u201cReflections on Containment\u201d (May\/June 1994) Foreign Affairs<\/em>; online via JSTOR [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/20046662<\/p>\n

Source <\/em><\/strong>[Kissinger text \u2013 misquote note]<\/span>: Diplomacy<\/em> (1994|Dec. 2011 Simon & Schuster eBook ed.) online via Scribd [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/read\/224263224\/Diplomacy#t_search-menu_821583<\/p>\n

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\u201cAll too frequently a problem evaded is a crisis invited.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

Years of Upheaval<\/em> (1982) Boston: Little, Brown & Co., p. 746; online via Open Library [free subscription service] openlibrary.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Non-fiction. Final lines of chapter XVI \u2013 \u2018Troubles with Allies\u2019]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe risks are plain. Free societies cannot maintain even their domestic cohesion by simply managing the present and hoping for the best. All too frequently a problem evaded is a crisis invited.<\/span> The future must be shaped or it will impose itself as catastrophe. That remains the key test of democratic statesmanship.\u201d (p. 746)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 Years of Upheaval<\/em> (1982) online via Open Library [free subscription service]: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/yearsofupheaval00kiss\/page\/746?ref=ol<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cCountries do not assume burdens because it is fair, only because it is necessary.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

Prepared statement, read before the U.S. Senate\u2019s Committee on Foreign Relations (27 June 1966) Old Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.; transcript via \u201cStatement of Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Professor of Government, Harvard University, Executive Director, International Seminar, Harvard University; Faculty Member, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University,\u201d United States Policy Toward Europe (and Related Matters): Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations<\/em>, United States Senate, Eighty-ninth Congress, Second Session, June 20, 21, 23, 27, 28, 30; July 13, 22, 1966, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), p. 141; online via University of Minnesota & HathiTrust, babel.hathitrust.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Re-Quote” tab_id=”1453315828190-b4d7b461-d58d5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Re-quote notes<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Kissinger expressed similar ideas regarding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and other foreign countries throughout his career. One earlier example can be found in his 1965 book, The Troubled Partnership: A Reappraisal of the Atlantic Alliance<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore a government makes a major effort to acquire the competence necessary for developing a serious point of view, it must be convinced that its views matter not only by the grace of a senior ally but also because of structural necessities.\u201d (p. 226)<\/p>\n

[Re-quote source<\/em>: Henry Kissinger, The Troubled Partnership: A Reappraisal of the Atlantic Alliance<\/em> (1965) Westport, CT Greenwood Press, 1982 reprint, p. 226]<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, as a Harvard University Professor of Government. Quote begins just under page subheading \u201cMalaise of NATO Is Organic\u201d]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe malaise of NATO is, therefore, organic. The present system encourages too many of our allies to shift the costs and the responsibilities of the common defense to us. Exhortation will not alter this. Countries do not assume burdens because it is fair; only because it is necessary. <\/span>Europe will not assume a larger burden for its defense until it also shares a larger responsibility.\u201d (p. 141)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: Kissinger appeared before the committee to discuss American alliances in Europe, and \u2013 more specifically \u2013 the U.S. obligations to the North Atlantic Trade Organization (NATO). The Committee chairman, Senator J.W. Fulbright, introduced Kissinger by citing his academic credentials & noting that he had recently published a book on NATO (The Troubled Partnership: A Reappraisal of the Atlantic Alliance<\/em>, 1965). Kissinger\u2019s prepared statement begins on page 126 of the cited source.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong> [Featured source]<\/span>: United States Policy Toward Europe (and Related Matters): Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations<\/em>… (1966) online via HathiTrust: https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=umn.31951d02094760r;view=1up;seq=151<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong> [Re-quote source]<\/span>: Editor\u2019s copy – The Troubled Partnership: A Reappraisal of the Atlantic Alliance<\/em> (1965|1982 Greenwood Press) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-313-23219-9<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cFor me, women are no more than a pastime, a hobby. Nobody devotes too much time on a hobby.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

Interview remarks (16 November 1972) interview by Oriana Fallaci, L\u2019Europeo<\/em>, Italy: Rizzoli Press Service; reprint in \u201cKissinger: An Interview with Oriana Fallaci,\u201d New Republic<\/em>, Vol. 167, Issue 23, 16 December 1972, p. 22, column 2; online via New Republic archives, EBSCOHost [subscription service] newrepublic.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Interview remarks. In the previous question, Fallaci had asked Kissinger to explain his \u201cincredible superstar status.\u201d Kissinger said he had theories as to why he was so popular, but initially declined to share them \u2013 and asked Fallaci for her opinion.]:<\/p>\n

Q: [Interviewer, Oriana Fallaci<\/em>]: And to think I believed it undeserved, a put-on act rather than the truth.<\/p>\n

A: [Henry Kissinger<\/em>]: \u201cWell, it\u2019s partly overdone, of course. But it\u2019s partly, let\u2019s admit it, true. What counts is not how true it is or how much time I devote to women. What counts is to what extent women are part of my life, a central pre-occupation. Well, they aren\u2019t that at all. To me women are no more than a pastime, a hobby. Nobody devotes too much time to a hobby.<\/span>\u201d (p. 22, column 2)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci was already well known for her decisive political interviews when she spoke to Kissinger in his Washington, D.C. office. The interview quote cited here is one of several that led Kissinger to later remark that the conversation with Fallaci was \u201cwithout a doubt the single most disastrous conversation I have ever had with any member of the press.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Source note source<\/em>: Henry Kissinger, \u201cChagrined Cowboy\u201d (8 October 1979) Subheading in \u201cSpecial Section\u201d feature: \u201cWhite House Years: Part 2. The Agony of Viet Nam,\u201d TIME magazine, Vol. 114, No. 15, New York: Time, Inc., p. 44,column 2; online via The Vault, TIME archives [subscription service] time.com\/vault<\/a>]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Featured source]<\/span>: \u201cKissinger\u201d (16 December 1972 reprint) online via The New Republic<\/em> & EBSCOhost: http:\/\/web.b.ebscohost.com\/ehost\/pdfviewer\/pdfviewer?vid=5&sid=e8e94d80-404e-4d58-b98b-485b39b34e10%40sessionmgr10<\/a>2<\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Source note \u2013 Kissinger comments post-interview]<\/span>: \u201cChagrined Cowboy\u201d (8 October 1979) TIME; online via The Vault, TIME [subscription service]: http:\/\/time.com\/vault\/issue\/1979-10-08\/page\/60\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cHigh office teaches decision-making, not substance….[it] consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. 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.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

White House Years<\/em> (1979) with Clare Boothe Luce, Boston: Little, Brown, 1979, pp. 26-27<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquote” tab_id=”1453315828190-b4d7b461-d58d5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misquote notes<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Kissinger\u2019s quote is sometimes paraphrased without indication that his original text was modified:<\/p>\n

Original text<\/u>: “<\/em>High office teaches decision-making, not substance.<\/span> Cabinet members are soon overwhelmed by the insistent demands of running their departments. On the whole, a period in high office consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. 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.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paraphrase, noting edits to text<\/span><\/em>: \u201cHigh office teaches decision-making, not substance….[it] consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Misquote – paraphrase without noting edits to text:\u00a0<\/span><\/em> \u201cHigh office teaches decision-making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. 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<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [From book reflecting on Kissinger\u2019s first four years (1969-1973) as President Richard Nixon\u2019s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Kissinger is referring here to William P. Rogers. Rogers served as U.S. Attorney General in the Eisenhower administration, and was Kissinger\u2019s predecessor as Secretary of State under Richard Nixon.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cRogers had been a distinguished Attorney General. But the old adage that men grow into office has not proved true in my experience. High office teaches decision-making, not substance.<\/span> Cabinet members are soon overwhelmed by the insistent demands of running their departments. On the whole, a period in high office consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. 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.<\/span> And the less they know at the outset, the more dependent they are on the only source of available knowledge: the permanent officials. Unsure of their own judgment, unaware of alternatives, they have little choice except to follow the advice of the experts.\u201d (pp. 26-27)<\/p>\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 White House Years<\/em> (1979) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 9780316496612<\/p>\n

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\u201cHistory knows no resting places and no plateaus.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

White House Years<\/em> (1979) with Clare Boothe Luce, Boston: Little, Brown, 1979, p.55<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [From book reflecting on Kissinger\u2019s first four years (1969-1973) as President Richard Nixon\u2019s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cHistory knows no resting places and no plateaus.<\/span> All societies of which history informs us went through periods of decline; most of them eventually collapsed. Yet there is a margin between necessity and accident, in which the statesman by perseverance and intuition must choose and thereby shape the destiny of his people. To ignore objective conditions is perilous; to hide behind historical inevitability is tantamount to moral abdication; it is to neglect the elements of strength and hope and inspiration which through the centuries have sustained mankind.\u201d (p. 55)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 White House Years<\/em> (1979) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 9780316496612<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cI’<\/strong>ve always acted alone. Americans admire that enormously. Americans admire the cowboy leading the caravan alone astride his horse.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

Interview remarks (16 November 1972) interview by Oriana Fallaci, L\u2019Europeo<\/em>, Italy; reprint in \u201cKissinger: An Interview with Oriana Fallaci,\u201d New Republic<\/em>, Vol. 167, Issue 23, 16 December 1972, p. 21, column 2; online via New Republic archives, EBSCOHost [subscription service] newrepublic.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Interview remarks. In the previous question, Fallaci had asked Kissinger to explain his \u201cincredible superstar status.\u201d Kissinger said he had theories as to why he was so popular, but initially declined to share them \u2013 and asked Fallaci for her opinion.]:<\/p>\n

Q: [Interviewer, Oriana Fallaci<\/em>]: \u201cI\u2019m not sure, Dr. Kissinger. I\u2019m looking for a theory in this interview. But I haven\u2019t found one yet. I expect the root of all lies in success. What I mean is, like a chess player you\u2019ve made two or three clever moves. China, first of all. People admire a chess player who makes away with his opponent\u2019s king.\u201d<\/p>\n

A: [Henry Kissinger<\/em>] \u201cYes, China was an important element in the mechanics of my success. And yet, that isn\u2019t the main point. The main point…Well, why not? I\u2019ll tell you. What do I care after all? The main point stems from the fact that I\u2019ve always acted alone. Americans admire that enormously. Americans admire the cowboy leading the caravan alone astride his horse.<\/span> Without even a pistol, maybe, because he doesn\u2019t go in for shooting. He acts, that\u2019s all: aiming at the right spot at the right time. A Wild West tale, if you like.\u201d (p. 21, column 2)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci was already well known for her decisive political interviews when she spoke to Kissinger in his Washington, D.C. office. The interview quote cited here is one of several that led Kissinger to later remark that the conversation with Fallaci was \u201cwithout a doubt the single most disastrous conversation I have ever had with any member of the press.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Source note source<\/em>: Henry Kissinger, \u201cChagrined Cowboy\u201d (8 October 1979) Subheading in \u201cSpecial Section\u201d feature: \u201cWhite House Years: Part 2. The Agony of Viet Nam,\u201d TIME magazine, Vol. 114, No. 15, New York: Time, Inc., p. 44,column 2; online via The Vault, TIME archives [subscription service] time.com\/vault<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Featured source]<\/span>: \u201cKissinger\u201d (16 December 1972 reprint) online via The New Republic<\/em> & EBSCOhost: http:\/\/web.b.ebscohost.com\/ehost\/pdfviewer\/pdfviewer?vid=5&sid=e8e94d80-404e-4d58-b98b-485b39b34e10%40sessionmgr102<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link <\/span><\/em><\/strong>[Source note \u2013 Kissinger comments post-interview]<\/span>: \u201cChagrined Cowboy\u201d (8 October 1979) TIME; online via The Vault, TIME [subscription service]: http:\/\/time.com\/vault\/issue\/1979-10-08\/page\/60\/<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cIf history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

White House Years<\/em> (1979) with Clare Boothe Luce, Boston: Little, Brown, 1979, p.55<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [From book reflecting on Kissinger\u2019s first four years (1969-1973) as President Richard Nixon\u2019s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.<\/span> But I believed equally that no nation could face or even define its choices without a moral compass that set a course through the ambiguities of reality and thus made sacrifices meaningful. The willingness to walk this fine line marks the difference between the academic\u2019s \u2013 or any outsider\u2019s \u2013 perception of morality and that of the statesman.\u201d (p. 55)<\/p>\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 White House Years<\/em> (1979) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 9780316496612<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cNo foreign policy \u2013 no matter how ingenious \u2013 has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

As Assistant to the President to the United States for National Security Affairs, Address to 71st Annual International Platform Association Convention (2 August 1973) Washington, D.C.; cited in \u201cKissinger Urges Bipartisan Policy,\u201d The New York Times<\/em>, Vol. CXXII, No. 42,195, 3 August 1973, p. 9, column 3; online via New York Times,\u2018TimesMachine\u2019 archive [subscription service] timesmachine.nytimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Newspaper coverage of Kissinger’s prepared speech remarks]:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a speech prepared for delivery at the 71st annual convention of the International Platform Association, Mr. Kissinger said: \u201cOur foreign policy will mean little if other nations see our actions as sporadic initiatives of a small group reflecting no coherent national purpose or consensus.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cNo foreign policy \u2013 no matter how ingenious \u2013 has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none<\/span>,\u201d he said.\u201d (p. 9, column 3)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cKissinger Urges Bipartisan Policy\u201d (3 August 1973) The New York Times; online via \u2018TimesMachine\u2019 archive [subscription service]: https:\/\/timesmachine.nytimes.com\/timesmachine\/1973\/08\/03\/90461031.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=LedeAsset&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=9<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

\u201cThey Are Fated to Succeed\u201d (2 January 1978) TIME <\/em>magazine, Vol. 111, No. 1, p. 35, column 2; online via TIME archive, \u2018TheVault\u2019 [subscription service] time.com\/vault<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Essay, reflecting on the Egyptian-Isreali agreement brokered between Anwar Sadat & Menachem Begin. Sadat was named \u201cMan of the Year\u201d in the same issue of TIME<\/em> magazine.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.<\/span> Major progress is therefore likely. Geneva could be useful later in ratifying what has been negotiated and to provide a forum for other parties to join the negotiating process.\u201d (p. 35, column 1)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cThey Are Fated to Succeed\u201d (2 January 1978) via TIME archive, \u2018TheVault\u2019 [subscription service]: http:\/\/time.com\/vault\/issue\/1978-01-02\/page\/39\/<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe capacity to admire others is not my most fully developed trait.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

White House Years<\/em> (1979) with Clare Boothe Luce, New York: Simon & Schuster, May 2011, e-book edition, p. 1668<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Describing Dean Acheson, a lawyer who served as U.S. Secretary of State during the Nixon administration. From Kissinger\u2019s book about his experiences as President Richard Nixon\u2019s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.]: \u201cThe capacity to admire others is not my most fully developed trait.<\/span> That frailty did not apply to the figure of Acheson, so out of scale in his achievements and in his passion, in his moral convictions and in his prejudices.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: White House Years<\/em> (1979|2011 Simon & Schuster e-book ed.) online via Scribd [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/read\/224334932\/White-House-Years#t_search-menu_339225<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe great tragedies of history occur not when right confronts wrong, but when two rights confront each others.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

Opening remarks to fellow Geneva Peace Conference foreign ministers and delegates (21 December 1973) Arab-Israeli peace conference, Geneva, Switzerland; transcript via \u201c21 Addresses at the Opening Meeting of the Geneva Peace Conference \u2013 21 December 1973,\u201d Israel\u2019s Foreign Relations, Vols 1-2: 1947-1974, part XIII, \u2018The Yom Kippur War and Aftermath,\u201d online via Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, mfa.gov.Il\/MFA<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Conference remarks]:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn all efforts for peace the overriding problem is to relate the sense of individual justice to the common good. The great tragedies of history occur not when right confronts wrong, but when two rights face each other.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201c21 Addresses at the Opening Meeting of the Geneva Peace Conference \u2013 21 December 1973\u201d (21 December 1973) via Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: http:\/\/mfa.gov.il\/MFA\/ForeignPolicy\/MFADocuments\/Yearbook1\/Pages\/21%20Addresses%20at%20the%20Opening%20Meeting%20of%20the%20Geneva.aspx\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cT<\/strong>he most fundamental problem of politics, which is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

A World Restored: Metternich Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace<\/em>, 1812-22<\/em> (1957) New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1973 edition, p. 206<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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\u201cThe public life of every political figure is a continual struggle to rescue an element of choice from the pressure of circumstance.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

White House Years<\/em> (1979) with Clare Boothe Luce, Boston: Little, Brown, 1979, p. 54<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [From book reflecting on Kissinger\u2019s first four years (1969-1973) as President Richard Nixon\u2019s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cAny statesman is in part the prisoner of necessity. He is confronted with an environment he did not create, and is shaped by a personal history he can no longer change. It is an illusion to believe that leaders gain in profundity while they gain experience. As I have said, the convictions that leaders have formed before reaching high office are the intellectual capacity they will consume as long as they continue in office. There is little time for leaders to reflect. They are locked in an endless battle in which the urgent constantly gains on the important. The public life of every political figure is a continual struggle to rescue an element of choice from the pressure of circumstance.<\/span>\u201d (p. 54)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 White House Years<\/em> (1979) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 9780316496612<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe 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. Each side should know that frequently uncertainty, compromise, and incoherence are the essence of policymaking. Yet each side tends to ascribe to the other a consistency, foresight, and coherence that its own experience belies. Of course, over time, even two armed blind men can do enormous damaged to each other, not to speak of the room.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

White House Years<\/em> (1979) with Clare Boothe Luce, Boston: Little, Brown, 1979, p. 522<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [From book reflecting on Kissinger\u2019s first four years (1969-1973) as President Richard Nixon\u2019s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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. Each side should know that frequently uncertainty, compromise, and incoherence are the essence of policymaking. Yet each side tends to ascribe to the other a consistency, foresight, and coherence that its own experience belies. Of course, over time, even two armed blind men can do enormous damaged to each other, not to speak of the room.\u201d (p. 522)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 White House Years<\/em> (1979) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 9780316496612<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cTo those of you who are diplomats, be mindful of what you say, for you are surrounded by members of the press. And to those of you who are members of the press, be careful not to take seriously everything you hear, for you are surrounded by diplomats.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

United Nations Diplomatic Corp Dinner, New York (4 October 1973) cited by United Press International; in \u201cHenry\u2019s Advice, , 7 October 1973, York Daily Record<\/em>, York, Pennsylvania, p. 25, column 1; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Remarks during a United Nations dinner]:<\/p>\n

\u201cTo those of you who are diplomats,\u201d he said, \u201cbe mindful of what you say, for you are surrounded by members of the press.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAnd to those of you who are members of the press, be careful not to take too seriously everything you hear, for you are surrounded by diplomats.\u201d (p. 25, column 1)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cHenry\u2019s Advice\u201d (6 October 1973); online via Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/81519046\/?terms York Daily Record<\/em> =%22Henry%2BKissinger%22%2B%2B%2B%22be%2Bmindful%2Bof%2Bwhat%2Byou%2Bsay%22<\/p>\n

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\u201cTo revolutionaries, the significant reality is the world which they are striving to bring about, not the world they are fighting to overcome.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

\u201cDomestic Structure and Foreign Policy\u201d (Spring 1966) in Daedalus: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences<\/em>, Vol. 95, No. 2, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1966, p. 522; online via JSTOR [subscription service] www.jstor.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Essay. Kissinger is referring to Cuban leader Fidel Casto and Sukarno, the first President of Indonesia.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Castro or Sukarno had been principally interested in economics, their talents would have guaranteed them a brilliant career in the societies they overthrew. What made their sacrifices worthwhile to them was a vision of the future \u2013 or a quest for political power. To revolutionaries, the significant reality is the world which they are striving to bring about, not the world they are fighting to overcome.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cDomestic Structure and Foreign Policy\u201d (Spring 1966) online via JSTOR [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/20026982?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3Ad7edd27926b80058c9dfe19aab77d094&seq=20#metadata_info_tab_contents<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cW<\/strong>e lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war: the guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Henry Kissinger<\/strong>, German-American statesman<\/p>\n

On America\u2019s war in Vietnam, \u201cThe Vietnam Negotiations\u201d (January 1969) Foreign Affairs, Vol. 48, No. 2, New York: Council on Foreign Relations (CFR); online via Foreign Affairs, www.foreignaffairs.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Essay]:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process we lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war: the guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win.<\/span> The North Vietnamese used their armed forces the way a bull-fighter uses his cape \u2013 to keep us lunging in areas of marginal political importance.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5ac42-1a00″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Featured source]<\/span>: \u201cThe Vietnam Negotiations (January 1969) online via Foreign Affairs<\/em>: https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/asia\/1969-01-01\/viet-nam-negotiations<\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong>[Kissinger re-quote]<\/span>: White House Years<\/em> (1979|2011 Simon & Schuster e-book ed.) online via Scribd [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/read\/224334932\/White-House-Years#t_search-menu_339225<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Henry Kissinger <\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n