If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

It is not often that nations learn from the past,even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.

We have three things in common: Irish wives, the ability to speak for 17 minutes without a verb, and the fact that we both speak with an accent.

Countries do not assume burdens because it is fair, only because it is necessary.

I wouldn't say it's a split. It's a difference of emphasis. It does exist between, I would say, the State Department and the Defense Department.

You should not go to war for the privilege of withdrawal. You need to define your objective and the outcome, and it cannot be the removal of one man.

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