There is no realism without an element of idealism.

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

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

Competing pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided; more often it is a crisis invited.

American politics are normally a result of pragmatic and not philosophical reasoning. No one in Washington has said we now prefer multilateralism.

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

In my view, there's no doubt that the Soviets had infinitely greater trouble holding their structure together than we did.