Henry A. Kissinger Quotes

Can any of us even imagine, after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt suggesting we negotiate a resolution or that we could simply prosecute those involved? Of course it is unimaginable. We are right to be in the Middle East, and we are right to treat this as the war it is.

It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.

The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world, the crisis of global warming - all these are very clearly tied to energy.

The real blame (for the lack of peace in the Middle East) should be directed at us, the leaders of the Arab nation.

There are very few fighters in the ISIS organization in Iraq and Syria coming from the United States; most of them have either come from a region of the Middle East or from Europe.

I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat.

Arafat is the greatest obstacle to peace and stability in the Middle East.

We're in a war with ISIS and we need a leader who understands exactly what that means.

On one hand we go like hell for every terror cell we can find, we penetrate it, we destroy it. On the other hand, there is a much bigger need for a political solution.

We knew the Syrian situation was complex and there were lots of divisions, particularly on the side of the opposition... This is a tough job... It can perhaps be done if you stand united and work with me in putting sustained pressure on the protagonists or the parties to come together and seek a political settlement.

I don't believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria.

I'm glad to know that we do have political leaders that believe in God, and that has been true from the days of George Washington.

If I'm President of the United States, when I'm President of the United States, we will stand with Israel.

I don't want a one-state solution. But I certainly don't want a zero-state solution, a no-state solution, where Israel's very existence would be jeopardized. And that's what the people of Israel overwhelmingly elected me to do.

I believe we're making really good progress in Iraq.

The people of Aleppo have suffered like no one else for so long. There has to be a political solution.

We have the right to ensure our security, especially when it is possible to reach agreement on a political solution.

This is a global war on terror. We're facing extremists that believe something. And they want to achieve objectives. And, therefore, the United States must use all our assets and we must work with others to defeat this enemy. That's the call.

I can think of no faster way to unite the American people behind George W. Bush than a terrorist attack on an American target overseas. And I believe George W. Bush will quickly unite the American people through his foreign policy.

I believe the world would have been a lot worse off if Saddam [Hussein] were in power today.

Statesmen think in terms of history and view society as an organism. Prophets are different since they believe absolute aims can be achieved in the foreseeable future. More people have been killed by crusaders than by statesmen.

We try to coordinate regularly with Russia, as well as with others - except for the United States - on what is happening in the region. And we're open to discussing with everybody the situation in Syria, because we believe it's a common threat.

I think that the Middle East is the largest piece of unfinished business that we all have. I happen to believe in the democratization process.

My administration has been calling upon all the leaders in the - in the Middle East to do everything they can to stop the violence, to tell the different parties involved that peace will never happen.

The United States played the role of encouraging both sides to come together to try to finally resolve this issue, and we were pleased to see leaders on both sides work courageously to get that done.