To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced.

Like apples in a barrel infected by one rotten one, the corruption of Greece would infect Iran and all to the east. It would also carry infection to Africa through Asia Minor and Egypt, and to Europe through Italy and France, already threatened by the strongest domestic Communist parties in Western Europe. The Soviet Union was playing one of the greatest gambles in history at minimal cost. It did not need to will all the possibilities. Even one or two offered immense gains. We and we alone were in a position to break up the play.

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

The future comes one day at a time [so don't fear and try to solve all the worries and problems of the future today].

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

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.