Henry A. Kissinger Quotes
Political unity should be given great weight, but it also should be related to some sensible program.
Henry A. Kissinger, U.S. Secretary of State (Republican), U.S. National Security Advisor, Quoted on PBS McNeil Lehrer Report, May 30, 1989
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France at the time was extremely politically polarized.
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Henry Alfred Kissinger KCMG is an American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. A Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1938, he became National Security Advisor in 1969 and U.S. Secretary of State in 1973. For his actions negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam, Kissinger received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize under controversial circumstances, with two members of the committee resigning in protest.