For other nations utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is no farther than the intensity of their commitment.

Sometimes misquoted as: [...] for Americans it is just beyond the horizon.

White House Years (1979), p. 5

Henry Kissinger Quotes

For other nations utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is no farther than the intensity of their commitment.

For other nations utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is no farther than the intensity of their commitment.

For other nations utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is no farther than the intensity of their commitment.

For other nations utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is no farther than the intensity of their commitment.