I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred

Americans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is.

[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated.

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal

When the San Francisco Democrats treat foreign affairs as an afterthought, as they did, they behaved less like a dove or a hawk than like an ostrich - convinced it could shut out the world by hiding its head in the sand.

For all their faults, right-wing authoritarian regimes more easily accept democratic reforms than left-wing totalitarian states.

Vietnam presumably taught us that the United States could not serve as the world's policeman; it should also have taught us the dangers of trying to be the world's midwife to democracy when the birth is scheduled to take place under conditions of guerrilla war.