Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Competing pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided more often it is a crisis invited.
Henry A. Kissinger
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Henry A. Kissinger
Issue
Crisis
Pressure
Deferred
Issues
Tempt
Often
Pressures
Problem
Avoided
Believe
Invited
Competing
More quotes by Henry A. Kissinger
Iraq has to be made an international, and not just a national American problem.
Henry A. Kissinger
I know Hillary Clinton as a person. And as a personal friend, I would say yes, she'd be a good president. But she'd put me under a great conflict of interest if she were a candidate because I intend to support the Republicans.
Henry A. Kissinger
For the Soul of France is masterful history, brilliantly researched, and hard to put down.
Henry A. Kissinger
In a diplomatic negotiation, you always meet the same the other side all the time. Even if you should succeed in outsmarting him or in pressuring him, it only sets up a cycle in which he will try to get even.
Henry A. Kissinger
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
Henry A. Kissinger
Donald Trump is a phenomenon that foreign countries haven't seen.
Henry A. Kissinger
What we in America call terrorists are really groups of people that reject the international system
Henry A. Kissinger
It is not often that nations learn from the past even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it. For the lessons of historical experience, as of personal experience, are contingent. They teach the consequences of certain actions, but they cannot force a recognition of comparable situations.
Henry A. Kissinger
Does anyone have any questions for my answers?
Henry A. Kissinger
The capacity to admire others is not my most fully developed trait.
Henry A. Kissinger
The British capitalize on their accent when they don't want you to know what they're saying. But if you wake them up at 4 A.M., they speak perfect English, the same as we do.
Henry A. Kissinger
The idea of abstract power only exists for academics, not in real life.
Henry A. Kissinger
A little uncertainty is good for everyone.
Henry A. Kissinger
I do not criticize people who take a public stand on human rights issues. I express my respect for them. But some people are more influential without a public confrontation.
Henry A. Kissinger
The Chinese, on the other hand, were in the position of having an American military spy plane on a Chinese military base and they had their own internal problems to deal with. At first, the Chinese weren't all that belligerent. They were just stalling to get their own bureaucracy in line.
Henry A. Kissinger
The American formal position has been that we oppose violence by governments against their people. That principle should not be abandoned.
Henry A. Kissinger
We cannot give Russia veto over deployment of forces on NATO territory. But we have to understand their particular sensitivities, and, therefore, there should be a dialogue on these issues.
Henry A. Kissinger
Whenever a new president comes in, people that are used to the previous president wonder if he has the same capacity.
Henry A. Kissinger
People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would require me to stop talking for three hours.
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S. policy toward the third world should be one of depopulation
Henry A. Kissinger