Henry A. Kissinger America Quotations

For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon.

America has made it very clear in several administrations that if there is an attack by China on Taiwan, the United States is very likely to resist.

Every American president, regardless of party, has said that America has an intense interest in a peaceful resolution. And I think it should be left at that.

To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal

What we in America call terrorists are really groups of people that reject the international system

I would have said, before the World Trade Center events, that he would try to get a normal relationship with China - making clear to China what the limits are of what America can accept, but also showing understanding for some of Chinese necessities. I thought he was moving towards the position that I have more or less advocated.

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests

I've often said that the desire to lecture China on how it should behave in the world is wrong. China was around for thousands of years even before America existed. It could even be that China's growing power will allow itself to be slowed down. But as long as this immense empire doesn't fall apart, it will become an important factor in global politics.