Henry Kissinger was a trusted confidant to President Nixon until the bitter, bizarre end - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "Heinz Alfred Kissinger was born in the Bavarian city of Fuerth on May 27, 1923, the son of a schoolteacher who lost his job because of anti-Jewish discrimination.
56% : In his life after government, the ex-diplomat's Kissinger Associates earned him millions as a statesman-for-hire who offered foreign policy advice and diplomatic introductions for private corporations that paid $200,000 or more a year for his services.
52% : "I think he was a super secretary of state," Ford added, "but Henry in his mind never made a mistake, so whatever policies there were that he implemented, in retrospect he would defend."
50% : "During his 39 months as secretary of state between 1973 and 1977, Kissinger flew hundreds of thousands of miles, conferring with world leaders and trying to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict.
49% : "Never without his detractors, Kissinger after he left government was dogged by critics who argued that he should be called to account for his policies on Southeast Asia and support of repressive regimes in Latin America.
46% : For eight restless years -- first as national security adviser, later as secretary of state, and for a time in the middle holding both titles -- Kissinger ranged across the breadth of major foreign policy issues.
45% : In a taped 1973 conversation, Kissinger, the first Jewish secretary of state, is dismissive of pleas to push the Soviet Union to allow Jews to emigrate.
43% : From the start, Kissinger and Nixon maneuvered to keep control over foreign policy in their hands -- and away from Secretary of State William Rogers and the State Department career diplomats, whom they both scorned.
40% : When Columbia University proposed to give Kissinger a teaching post after he left government in 1977, the idea drew such strong protest among students and faculty that the job never materialized.
22% : After Democrat Jimmy Carter succeeded Ford, Kissinger served in government as an adviser, but he was viewed with suspicion by conservatives in Ronald Reagan's presidency.

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