I do not criticize people who take a public stand on human rights issues. I express my respect for them. But some people are more influential without a public confrontation.

To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal

It is frankly a mistake of amateurs to believe you can gain the upper hand in a diplomatic negotiation.

The issues are too important to be left for the voters.

Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.

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 his essay, ‘Perpetual Peace,’ the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture.