Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
490
AUTHOR:
Henry A Kissinger
QUOTATION:
High office teaches decision making, not substance. [It] consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.
ATTRIBUTION:
White House Years Little, Brown 79
SUBJECTS:
The World: Politics & Government: Officials & Other Personages
