The nuclear weapons were not useful for the achievement of political objectives.

Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people.

What we in America call terrorists are really groups of people that reject the international system

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.

I don't think we should pay people to fight terrorism. I would be amazed if they asked for anything in return.

I believe that without Watergate we would have had an extraordinary period of success with a strong Nixon and a still vital Brezhnev in power.

In a diplomatic negotiation, you always meet the same the other side all the time. Even if you should succeed in outsmarting him or in pressuring him, it only sets up a cycle in which he will try to get even.