Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age.

People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is the key to any hope of progress in negotiation.

The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

It is my personal conviction that almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or any other form of dictatorship than acknowledge the political domination of another government, even though that brought to each citizen a far higher standard of living.

I believe we must be strong militarily, but beyond a certain point military strength can become a national weakness.

Well, it's hard for a mere man to believe that woman doesn't have equal rights.