We fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process we lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war: the guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win. The North Vietnamese used their armed forces the way a bull-fighter uses his cape to keep us lunging in areas of marginal political importance.

The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.

I do not believe that Putin intends to leave office in a Cold War atmosphere with the United States.

Peace depends ultimately not on political arrangements but on the conscience of mankind.

Countries do not assume burdens because it is fair, only because it is necessary.

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

I don't read books, I write them.