The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been. George F. Kennan More Quotes by George F. Kennan More Quotes From George F. Kennan Above all, it behooves us to repress, and if possible to extinguish once and for all, our inveterate tendency to judge others by the extent to which they contrive to be like ourselves. George F. Kennan tendencies judging relation The Red Army... swept the native population clean in a manner that has no parallel since the days of the Asiatic hordes. George F. Kennan population red army Perfect discipline requires recognition of infallibility. Infallibility requires the observance of discipline. George F. Kennan recognition discipline perfect Fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship. George F. Kennan figs democratic procedures A doctrine is something that pins you down to a given mode of conduct and dozens of situations which you cannot foresee, which is a great mistake in principle. When the word 'containment' was used in my 'X' article, it was used with relation to a certain situation then prevailing, and as a response to it. George F. Kennan doctrine principles mistake One sometimes feels a guest of one's time and not a member of its household. George F. Kennan member guest time sometimes The accords were fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship. George F. Kennan hide were democratic dictatorship
