Even paranoid people have enemies.

A bluff taken seriously is more useful than a serious threat interpreted as a bluff.

I do not stand on protocol. If you just call me Excellency, it will be okay.

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

No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.

Our concern for human rights comes to the fore when there are gross violations of human decencies. Then other countries, including China, must recognize that this affects the American attitude towards their country. But towards what precise institutions will it evolve? I think we ought to leave something to history.

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