Henry Kissinger

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

“I have not endorsed Trump and will not do so.”

“Donald Trump is a phenomenon that foreign countries haven't seen. So it is a shocking experience to them that he came in to office.”

“The Vietnam War was a great tragedy for our country. And it is now far enough away so that one can study without using the slogans to see what's really happened.”

“People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any forum that would require me to stop talking for three hours.”

“If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent.”

“A president has an inescapable responsibility to provide direction: What are we trying to achieve? What are we trying to prevent? Why? To do that, he has to both analyze and reflect.”

“Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.”

“Power is the great aphrodisiac.”

“Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.”

“I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.”