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Henry Kissinger

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Henry Alfred Kissinger (May 27, 1923 – November 29, 2023) was an American diplomat, political scientist, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 7th national security advisor from 1969 to 1975 and as the 56th United States secretary of state from 1973 to 1977, serving under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

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Quotes from Henry Kissinger

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

—Henry Kissinger

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

—Henry Kissinger

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

—Henry Kissinger

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

—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.

—Henry Kissinger

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

—Henry Kissinger

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

—Henry Kissinger

Nobody will ever win the Battle of the Sexes. There's just too much fraternizing with the enemy.

—Henry Kissinger

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

—Henry Kissinger