We must formulate, with both imagination and restraint, a new approach to the Middle East - not pressing our case so hard that the Arabs feel their neutrality and nationalism are threatened ... while at the same time trying to hasten the inevitable Arab acceptance of the permanence of Israel ... We must ... seek a permanent settlement among Arabs and Israelis based not on an armed truce but on mutual self-interest.

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

War and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength.

Compromise does not mean cowardice.

We hold the view that the people make the best judgment in the long run.