Our problem was that in the American approach to Soviet affairs policy has oscillated between people who take an essentially psychological approach and people who take an essentially theological approach, and the two really meet. The psychologists try to "understand" the Soviet Union. And try to ease its alleged fears. The theologians say the Soviets are evil.

Realism in foreign policy means careful consideration of all aspects pertinent to the issue, before taking a decision. This is the only way you can move from where you are to someplace else.

The art of good foreign policy is to understand and to take into consideration the values of a society, to realize them at the outer limit of the possible.

Withdrawal of US troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public: The more US troops come home, the more will be demanded.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

Revolutionaries are rarely motivated primarily by material considerations-though the illusion that they are persists in the West.

No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.