In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.

The cause of our difficulties in southeast Asia is not a deficiency of power but an excess of the wrong kind of power which results in a feeling of impotence when it fails to achieve its desired ends.

A nation's budget is full of moral implications; it tells what a society cares about and what it does not care about; it tells what its values are.

There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.

The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.

It's unnatural and unhealthy for a nation to be engaged in global crusades for some principle or idea while neglecting the needs of its own people.

Education is a slow-moving but powerful force. It may not be fast enough or strong enough to save us from catastrophe, but it is the strongest force available for that purpose and in its proper place, therefore, is not at the periphery, but at the center of international relations.