One of the little-celebrated powers of Presidents (and other high government officials) is to listen to their critics with just enough sympathy to ensure their silence.

Foreign policy is conducted for the convenience and enjoyment of people in Washington.

The spirit should never grow old.

Get the process of negotiation away from the small specialized group that some people have called the "nuclear theologians" ... Only a few people can understand the nature of these weapons ... This kept the whole discussion to a very limited group of people who, in a way, had assumed responsibility for saying whether we should live or die.

I am worried about our tendency to over invest in things and under invest in people.

Anyone who says he won't resign four times, will.

Nostalgia combines regularly with manifest respectability to give credence to old error as opposed to new truth.