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.

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

Withdrawal of US troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public: The more US troops come home, the more will be demanded.

American politics are normally a result of pragmatic and not philosophical reasoning. No one in Washington has said we now prefer multilateralism.

If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.

The public life of every political figure is a continual struggle to rescue an element of choice from the pressure of circumstance.

The US must carry out some act somewhere in the world which shows its determination to continue to be a world power.