It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.

I've been telling people for 12 years that if you want to get a nuclear device into the United States, just bring it through the port of Miami disguised as cocaine.

I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.

The tactics...no, amateurs discuss tactics,.... Professional soldiers study logistics.

Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them.

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.

The KGB still killed people, the KGB would not execute its last prisoner until the final days of its existence in 1991, but by the eighties a termination required paperwork and signatures and a post-action review.