Henry Kissinger, US diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies aged 100

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : In the 1970s, he had a hand in many of the epoch-changing global events of the decade while serving as secretary of state under Republican President Richard Nixon.
59% : While many hailed Kissinger for his brilliance and broad experience, others branded him a war criminal for his support for anti-communist dictatorships, especially in Latin America.
54% : After leaving government, Kissinger set up a high-priced, high-powered consulting firm in New York, which offered advice to the world's corporate elite.
33% : Serving as Secretary of State under Nixon, Kissinger helped to forge bonds with China but was accused of being a war criminalHenry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse whose service under two presidents left an indelible mark on US foreign policy, died on Wednesday, according to Kissinger Associates Inc.Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut, Kissinger Associates said.
28% : Ford called Kissinger a "super secretary of state" but also noted his prickliness and self assurance, which critics were more likely to call paranoia and egotism.
27% : The Watergate scandal that forced Nixon to resign barely grazed Kissinger, who was not connected to the cover-up and continued as secretary of state when Ford took office in the summer of 1974.

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