Regarding Summers: I remember reading a quote from a Summers/Kissinger type that said something like a person’s role at the Kissinger/Summers level was to carry

Regarding Summers: I remember reading a quote from a Summers/Kissinger type that said something like a person’s role at the Kissinger/Summers level was to carry-out/justify the policies of the super elite, not to come up with their own. Does anyone know if Summers was the one to say this? (I’m not talking about the advice he gave to Warren which is related but not the quote I’m thinking of)