George F. Kennan Quotes

"The accords were fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship."
- George F. Kennan
(Related: Dictatorship)

"The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian."
- George F. Kennan
(Related: Americans, Want)

"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
(Related: American, Lonely, Pleasure, Will)

"One sometimes feels a guest of one's time and not a member of its household."
- George F. Kennan
(Related: Time, Guest)

"Heroism is endurance for one moment more."
- George F. Kennan
(Related: Endurance, Heroism)