Literature is an investment of genius which pays dividends to all subsequent times.

When you bait your hook with your heart, the fish always bite.

The only countries that are outside of [ Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty] are Israel, Pakistan, India, and North Korea withdrew in the last few years.

Following World War II, the U.S. was the architect of the UN system, and the world financial system, and the Human Rights Declaration, and of course the United Nations is based here in New York City. But, unfortunately, especially in the last decade, the U.S. really has been turning its back on international agreements and the set of agencies and procedures that they create as a means for governing the world.

One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.