Henry Kissinger Realpolitik Quotes & Sayings

Be careful with how you make the world perceive you, because they'll perceive you like that for the rest of your life. — Jaden Smith

The water of the river is the calmest, where the deepest. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

I always felt I had a hole in my heart, this big black hole that made me feel lonely and empty and worthless. I tried to fill it, everybody tries in some way, and it just got bigger and bigger. — James Frey

Generally it must be stated that realpolitik has been better at dividing than at ruling. Take it as a whole since Kissinger called on the Shah in 1972, and see what the harvest has been. — Christopher Hitchens

Realpolitik for Bismarck depended on flexibility and on the ability to exploit every available option without the constraint of ideology. — Henry Kissinger

TV's sameness has destroyed many things, such as the American urge toward independent thought. — Bennett Cerf

Criminals are dumb as stumps. If they were smart they could go be investment bankers. Or judges. — Jeff Abbott

Each point in the universe must make up its own mind on the question of acknowledgement before acknowledgement can be considered universal. — Vikram Seth

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests — Henry Kissinger