In foreign policy you have to wait twenty-five years to see how it comes out.

Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right.

All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.

Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.

A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.