On an ad hominem – Kissinger in Harper’s:

‘December 17, 1979 Dear Mr. Lapham: You have the unusual ability to write articles which I read with enormous approval until you manage to get in an ad hominem dig at me. Which is all the more disconcerting as when I read an article I consider myself on the side that you are praising. Be that as it may I will have my secretary call your office for breakfast.
Best regards, Henry A. Kissinger’

Read more of the letters here.

This is what one could call dignity and civilization. Whether you believe that Kissinger was a war criminal is beside the point. Human dignity is dignity for all.

I will have business cards hopefully soon: ‘I will have my secretary call your office for breakfast. Or call my secretary yourself. That might be faster.’

More breakfast meetings, that’s my goal for the rest of 2024.