Henry Kissinger

The challenge we face at this moment is determining what our national objectives are and how to reach them in a strategic manner.

Well, I read what I guess was an early version--somehow it was sent to me--of the national security strategy. And I liked the beginning of it because it talked about our commitment to getting rid of nuclear weapons. But as you read on, it…

I am a great believer in the tremendous importance of getting rid of nuclear weapons, but I think the way to do that is, as long as there are nuclear weapons, the United States must have a robust, secure, and safe arsenal to use for…

America's initiatives and its integrative approach will spell the difference between stability and calamity.

The United States must address all these questions at a moment when many in the wider world believe Americans have voluntarily stepped back from strong leadership.

What is occurring is more than a coincidence of individual crises across various geographies. Rather, it is a systemic failure of world order.

My basic point is that we can maintain a favorable balance of power, but we must couple it with a political structure in which the issue of war and peace can be used as a diplomatic as well as a military expression.

The balance of power must be maintained, but it is also necessary to attempt a strategic dialogue that prevents the balance of power from having to be tested.

This raises these fundamental questions. What is the strategic relationship between these countries vis-a-vis the prospect of peace?

We have successfully defeated the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), but the question now is the succession, what happens next.

Therefore, I think the denuclearization of North Korea must be a fundamental objective.

If North Korea could maintain its capability in the face of opposition by China and the United States and the disapproval of the rest of the world, other countries are bound to feel that this is the way for achieving international…