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

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.

If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.

The trouble with a free market economy is that it requires so many policemen to make it work.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

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

Brains are no substitute for judgement.