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.

I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer.

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

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.

Brains are no substitute for judgement.

Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent deformity like the Chinese habit of foot-binding.

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