The International Control Commission isn't doing anything, it's never done anything. What good does it do to be on it or not? Before opening the embassy in Hanoi, I gave it a lot of thought, but it wasn't really a painful decision. American policy in Vietnam is what it is, in Saigon the situation is anything but normal, and I'm happy to have done what I did.

I'm not interested in one label or the other - I'm only interested in solving certain problems, in getting where I want to go.

The longer one doesn't write, the more difficult it is to communicate.

I always stayed married to my husband! Always, until the day he died! It's not true that we were separated!

... where does strength come from? It is not muscle strength any more. It is not also mere intellectual strength. What is strength? Strength is the support of the people.

Everything I've done, I've done because I wanted to do it. In doing it, I've plunged in headlong, always believing in it.

Difficulties can't be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them...The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It's all right to fight, yes, but only when it's possible.