We attempted to try to solve every problem in the world, out of a sense of moral obligations, and attitudes, and our history. But no country can solve every problem without exhausting itself. Therefore, we have to establish priorities.

For the Soul of France is masterful history, brilliantly researched, and hard to put down.

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

One theory is that we will make war look so attractive that we undermine the deterrent. That's Never Never Land. What we have now would have been enough to deter Hitler. But we are talking in a different order of reality.

I don't have a brief for every single reaction of Israel, but I think it is important that the political negotiations occur free of the threat of terrorism.

We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.