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

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

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.

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.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

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

I doubt very much if a man whose main literary interests were in works by Mr. Zane Grey, admirable as they may be, is particularly equipped to be the chief executive of this country, particularly where Indian Affairs are concerned.