The defensive perimeter [of the United States in East Asia] runs along the Aleutians to Japan and then goes to the Ryukyus.

No man comes out of his own memorandum of conversation looking second best.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.

The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.

I have almost invariably found that charm is used as a substitute for intelligence in persons of both sexes. Thus, I have always been and will remain wary of it.

The great corrupter of public men is the ego - corrupter because distracter. Wealth, sensuality, power cannot hold a candle to it. Looking in the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.