Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third of the world is asleep at any given time and the other two-thirds is up to something.

Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state

The fidelity of the United States to security treaties is not just an empty matter. It is a pillar of peace in the world.

While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in.

Continuity does not rule out fresh approaches to fresh situations.

One of the best ways to persuade others is by listening to them.

Let me say with a Georgia accent that we cannot solve this problem if it requires a diplomatic passport to claim the rights of an American citizen.