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

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

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.

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].

The Iraqi is really not whacky toady, perhaps, even tacky. When they gave him the word, he gave us the bird and joined with the Arabs, by cracky!

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.