George F. Kennan

Quotes

• “We should cease to talk about vague and unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and...”
• “Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment wou...”
• “The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study histor...”
• “The truth is sometimes a poor competitor in the market place of ideas – complicated, unsatisfying, full of dilemmas, alw...”
• “You have no idea how much it contributes to the general politeness and pleasantness of diplomacy when you have a little ...”
• “Heroism is endurance for one moment more.”