Equal Justice Under The Law. That is a great goal. But that goal has not been realized.

If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.

It is never easy to define what is moral, particularly in foreign policy. But at the risk of being simplistic, it appears to me that a foreign policy that is morally right protects human rights everywhere.

The greatest right of a civilized person is to be left alone, unless he does harm to others or is threatening to do harm to himself.

Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford.

The concept of neutrality can lead to a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility to the religious. Such results are not only not compelled by the Constitution, but, it seems to me, are prohibited by it.

Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.