[President Truman] was free of the greatest vice in a leader, his ego never came between him and his job.

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

With a nation, as with a boxer, one of the greatest assurances of safety is to add reach to power.

The test for aid to poor nations is therefore whether it makes them capable of being productive. If it fails to do so, it is likely to make them even poorer in the - not so very - long run.

I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore he used to say, Tyranny tempered by assassination, but lots of assassination. People say, If the Congress were more representative of the people it would be better. I say the Congress is too damn representative. It's just as stupid as the people are; just as uneducated, just as dumb, just as selfish.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.