When the San Francisco Democrats treat foreign affairs as an afterthought, as they did, they behaved less like a dove or a hawk than like an ostrich - convinced it could shut out the world by hiding its head in the sand.

Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and respectable.

I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make clear why we feel that self-government is most compatible with peace, the well-being of people, and human dignity

All of us confront limits of body, talent, temperament. But that is not all. We are, all of us, also constrained by our time, our place, our civilization.

History is a better guide than good intentions.

I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern industrial states.

Maturity is when we live by the truths that are in our heart and soul, truths we believe to be right for us.