It is a curiosity of human nature that lack of self-assurance seems to breed an exaggerated sense of power and mission.

The great majority of the Senate of the United States...somewhere around 80 percent...are completely in support of Israel, anything Israel wants. This has been demonstrated time and again, and this has made it difficult.

Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations

"The making of peace is a continuing process that must go on from day to day, from year to year, so long as our civilization shall last."

There is nothing obscure about the objectives of educational exchange. Its purpose is to acquaint Americans with the world as it is and to acquaint students and scholars from many lands with America as it is-not as we wish it were or as we might wish foreigners to see it, but exactly as it is-which by my reckoning is an "image" of which no American need be ashamed.

In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.