For the Soul of France is masterful history, brilliantly researched, and hard to put down.

When I became security advisor, I became familiar with the so-called SIOP war plans, I called in Secretary McNamara and asked him what they were hiding from me, because I couldn't believe that the National policy would foresee such a level of destructiveness.

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.

I believe that there is a whole set of issues in the world - environment, proliferation, energy, cyberspace - that can only be dealt with on a global basis. The traditional patterns of national rivalry and national competition are not suitable for those cases.

I think that his [Obama's] task will be to develop an overall strategy for America in this period, when really a New World Order can be created.

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