In crises the most daring course is often safest.

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

We must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing.

It is not often that nations learn from the past even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it. For the lessons of historical experience, as of personal experience, are contingent. They teach the consequences of certain actions, but they cannot force a recognition of comparable situations.

Our problem was that in the American approach to Soviet affairs policy has oscillated between people who take an essentially psychological approach and people who take an essentially theological approach, and the two really meet. The psychologists try to "understand" the Soviet Union. And try to ease its alleged fears. The theologians say the Soviets are evil.

The American formal position has been that we oppose violence by governments against their people. That principle should not be abandoned.

People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would require me to stop talking for three hours.