Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.

Formerly government was the responsibility of people; now people were the responsibility of government.

Is it security you want? There is no security at the top of the world.

With no notice to the American people...this country entered the war...Stranger than the fact was the passive acceptance of it.

The idea of imposing universal peace on the world by force is a barbarian fantasy.

We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire. If you ask when, the answer is that you cannot make a single stroke between day and night: the precise moment does not matter. There was no painted sign to say: 'You are now entering Imperium.' Yet it was a very old road and the voice of history was saying: 'Whether you know it or not, the act of crossing may be irreversible.' And now, not far ahead, is a sign that reads: 'No U-turns.'

The winds that blow our billions away return burdened with themes of scorn and dispraise.