Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

Well, on the American side, every new administration has to cut its teeth in a crisis, because before a crisis, you don't really know what your various subordinates are thinking under stress.

The capacity to admire others is not my most fully developed trait.

The important thing is to do the right thing. Then credibility will follow.

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

U.S. policy toward the third world should be one of depopulation

In the current [Carter] administration, who can use the White House swimming pool and tennis courts is decided at the very highest level. President Ford did not bother himself with such minor details. He let me swim in the pool. He only got upset when I tried to walk across the water.