Henry A. Kissinger Quotes

We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens.

The attitude of the West and of Russia towards a crisis like Ukraine is diametrically different. The West is trying to establish the legality of any established border. For Russia, Ukraine is part of the Russian patrimony.

We are not a battlefield and we will not allow anyone to use our territory against any of our neighbour, but we will not allow our neighbours to use our territory this way either.

I worry because there is a basic asymmetry, an imbalance, between the two parties. For the Palestinians, it is about status and sovereignty, which could always be adjusted, while for Israel it is about security and trust. And security is something you can't adjust. If you make a mistake on the scrutiny issue, there is no going back.

A stable, prosperous and peaceful Ukraine is in the interests of everyone in the region.

We do not agree with policies that would lead to attempts at easing sanctions or lifting them and returning to business as usual with Russia. We believe that such behaviour will only embolden the aggressive behavior of Russia, as the last 12 years have shown, starting with Russia's attack on Georgia in 2008.

No one shall take a military action on the Korean Peninsula without South Korean consent.

Both Poland and Canada should be advocates of long-'lasting, peaceful solutions in eastern Ukraine, based on unconditional respect of international law.

Paradigm shifts, particularly in diplomacy and security issues, are, by definition, major undertakings.

End of the war would be when the Russian occupation troops leave Ukrainian territory and we close the uncontrolled part of the Russian-Ukrainian border.

We must apply the same standards to countries such as Saudi Arabia, Israel and Egypt that we apply to Iran, Russia and Syria.

The Iranian regime should know that we will hold them accountable for any actions that their Shia militias take in Iraq.

The Government of India should take all political parties into confidence before arriving at an agreement with Pakistan.

I can make a joke pointing out that David Cameron told off Sri Lanka for human rights abuses committed with weapons Britain sold it - like Ronald McDonald calling you a fat bastard.

It will be just as easy for nations to get along in a republic of the world as it is for you to get along in the republic of the United States. Now, if Kansas and Colorado have a quarrel over a watershed they don't call out the national guard in each state and go to war over it. They bring suit in the Supreme Court and abide by its decision. There isn't a reason in the world why we can't do that internationally.

President Abbas and myself, we are the ones who signed the Oslo agreement, so we really know each other, not just theoretically.

Rules of conduct which govern men in their relations to one another are being applied in an ever-increasing degree to nations. The battlefield as a place of settlement of disputes is gradually yielding to arbitral courts of justice.

I love to negotiate things, I do it really well, and all that stuff. But it's possible I won't be able to get along with Putin.

Diplomacy should always be the first option, and every mission should have a clear, achievable objective that is in the interests of the United States.

I dare predict that the influence of the Treaty of Renunciation of War will be felt in a large proportion of all future international acts.

No state at war with another state should engage in hostilities of such a kind as to render mutual confidence impossible when peace will have been made.

I strongly reject threats by any member state to destroy another or outrageous attempts to deny historical facts such as the Holocaust.

If somebody prefers to work by means of sanctions, he is welcome to do so. But sanctions are a temporary measure. Firstly, they contradict the international law. Secondly, tell me where this policy of sanctions proved to be effective. The answer is nowhere.

I think it's very important to follow the lead of the South Koreans and the Chinese and not back North Korea even further into a corner, because that's when they'll be dangerous.

If wars in the future are to be prevented the nations must be united in their determination to keep the peace under law.