Henry Alfred Kissinger

Henry Alfred Kissinger

27-May-1923


Germany


Political scientist

Henry Kissinger became a Harvard professor before taking the lead in U.S. foreign policy. He was appointed Secretary of State in 1973 by President Richard Nixon and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work at the Paris War's Paris. He was later convicted of some of his cover-up activities at home and abroad. Kissinger is a growing writer.

QUOTES BY Henry Alfred Kissinger


"Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad."

"Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy."

"Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy."

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

"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been."

"It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true."

"Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac."

"America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests"

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

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