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.

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.

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

Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.

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

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.

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