When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed, she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand.

The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.

As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.

Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it thinks best, providing it does not do so at the expense of any other state.

As to the first, I do not know that I have done very much myself to promote fraternity between nations but I do know that there can be no more important purpose for any man's activity or interests.

The only failures are those who fail to try.

Not only did he [Dean Acheson] not suffer fools gladly, he did not suffer them at all.