Quote #50
The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.
More from Henry Kissinger
- The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes.
- The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
- 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.
- The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.
- To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.
- The Indians are bastards.
- University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.