A really good diplomat does not go in for victories, even when he wins them.

And the principle which distinguishes democracy from all other forms of government is that in a democracy the opposition not only is tolerated as constitutional but must be maintained because it is in fact indispensable.

Here lay the political genius of Franklin Roosevelt: that in his own time he knew what were the questions that had to be answered, even though he himself did not always find the full answer.

While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes that right important.

Inevitably our opinions cover a bigger space, a longer reach of time, a greater number of things, than we can directly observe. They have, therefore, to be pieced together out of what others have reported and what we can imagine.

Certainly he is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy. However, he does regard it as a policy.

A man cannot sleep in his cradle: whatever is useful must in the nature of life become useless.