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

We attempted to try to solve every problem in the world, out of a sense of moral obligations, and attitudes, and our history. But no country can solve every problem without exhausting itself. Therefore, we have to establish priorities.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions.

I don't stand on protocol. Just call me your Excellency.

Henceforth the adequacy of any military establishment will be tested by its ability to preserve the peace.

In the period after the Second World War, there were still leaders in Europe who represented weak countries, but possessed a sense of global foreign policy. Nowadays, on the other hand, there are politicians who represent pretty powerful countries, but whose citizens are not prepared to sacrifice themselves for the state.