I will hear no talk that there are no intermediate-range weapons on the NATO side.

At a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history; one must defend history itself.

There is not a thought that is being thought in the West or the East that is not active in some Indian mind

The foulest damage to our political life comes not from the 'secrets' which they hide from us, but from the little bits of half-truth and disinformation which they do tell us. These are already pre-digested, and then are sicked up as little gobbits of authorised spew. The columns of defense correspondents in the establishment sheets serve as the spittoons.

I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.

We must not look at the past with the enormous condescension of posterity.

I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made.