A conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla army wins if it does not lose.

Henry Kissinger · The Vietnam Negotiation, Foreign Affairs (January 1969)

A period in high office consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it.

Henry Kissinger · The source reads: “High office teaches decision-making, not substance.… A period in high office consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it.” · The White House Years (1979), pt. II

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

Henry Kissinger

History knows no resting places and no plateaus.

Henry Kissinger · The White House Years (1979), pt. III

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Nationalization of industry is the doom of trade unionism.

Winston Churchill · Blackpool. Balance, 399, 14 October 1950

I could never run for President of the United States. All that handshaking of people I didn’t give a damn about would kill me. Ten minutes here. Ten minutes there…Not for me.

Winston Churchill · Recorded in Walter Graebner, My Dear Mr. Churchill, 1949

A bargain between politicians in difficulties ought not to be the basis of our criminal law.

Winston Churchill · Recorded in F. B. Czarnomski, The Wisdom of Winston Churchill, 15 July 1948

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“A conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla army wins if it does not lose.”

“A period in high office consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it.”

“Power is the great aphrodisiac.”

“History knows no resting places and no plateaus.”

“Nationalization of industry is the doom of trade unionism.”

“I could never run for President of the United States. All that handshaking of people I didn’t give a damn about would kill me. Ten minutes here. Ten minutes there…Not for me.”

“A bargain between politicians in difficulties ought not to be the basis of our criminal law.”