Statesman

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.

The Vietnam War was a great tragedy for our country. And it is now far enough away so that one can study without using the slogans to see what's really happened.

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Leadership is absolutely vital if there are comparable countries which can affect the security of the world you live in. Between Lincoln and Roosevelt's time, America was protected by huge oceans and, in practice, by the British navy. Today, it's different, and the obsession of the Obama administration has been for retrenchment.

No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.

Tak seorang pun akan memenangkan pertempuran jenis kelamin. Terlalu banyak pola saling menggoda dengan musuh.

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.

I don't see the wisdom in modern politicians that I once saw in men like Dean Acheson, David Bruce, or George Marshall. In my day, the northeastern establishment dominated foreign policy formulation, but the composition and distribution of our population is very different today.

I think when the president of the United States calls for military action, he should do it for a united people, especially when the methods have been so cruel, so explicitly directed at Americans.

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.

I think that America's recovery of a global strategic view is an absolutely essential element of our foreign policy.

Tidak adanya alternatif membersihkan pikiran dengan luar biasa.

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive.

The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions.

Sesuatu yang ilegal dilakukan dengan segera. Sesuatu yang inkonstitusional membutuhkan waktu yang lebih lama.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.