We must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing.

The true conservative is not at home in social struggle. He will attempt to avoid unbridgeable schism, because he knows that a stable social structure thrives not on triumphs but on reconciliations.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

With respect to the relationship between nuclear weapons and the advent of détente, one has to consider two things. One, the nature of nuclear weapons in themselves, and secondly, the advent of nuclear parity.

Jews were segregated from 1933 on. We could only play against other Jewish teams. This wasn't just social segregation; this was the beginning of the extermination of the Jews. That's why my family left Germany in 1938.

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

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