A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.

I go out with actresses because I'm not apt to marry one.

Realism in foreign policy is made up of a clear set of values, since difficult foreign policy decisions are often decided with the narrowest of majorities. Without any sense of what is right and wrong, one would drown in a flood of difficult and pragmatic decisions.

You're 18 points down [in the polls]... You might as well do what's right.

In relations with many domestically weak countries, a radio transmitter can be a more effective form of pressure than a squadron B-52s.

The British capitalize on their accent when they don't want you to know what they're saying. But if you wake them up at 4 A.M., they speak perfect English, the same as we do.

I believe it is a mistake to isolate arms control from other areas of policy.