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date: 16 January 2025

Henry Kissinger 1923– 
American politician 

  1. The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.
    in Foreign Affairs January 1969
  2. There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
    in New York Times Magazine 1 June 1969
  3. Power is the great aphrodisiac.
    in New York Times 19 January 1971
  4. We are the President's men, and we must behave accordingly.
    M. and B. Kalb Kissinger (1974)
  5. The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvellously.
    in Time magazine 2 January 1978