University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

Henry Kissinger
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More Quotes By Henry Kissinger
  1. Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.

  2. Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

  3. Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

  4. Politicians are like dogs... Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable

  5. The bargaining position of the victor always diminishes with time. Whatever is not exacted during the shock of defeat becomes increasingly difficult to attain later.

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