China, Argentina, Chile, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, India/Pakistan, Israel/Egypt. You name the country; chances are Kissinger has at some point been involved with them in some capacity. However, regardless of the negatives (and not excluding the positives), I believe that ideas can be separated from the person who uttered them, just as some of the best art comes from some of the most despicable people.
So with that said, I leave you with these.
“No foreign policy – no matter how ingenious – has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.”
“University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.”
“Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.”
“Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.”
“The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.”
And he would know.