Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.

The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

O death where is thy sting? The man is never on time.

Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference.

Nobody's busting into YOUR apartment at three in the morning, are they? Well, then don't worry about what they're doing in South Korea and places like that. It's like the standard of living. Are you content to achieve your higher standard of living at the expense of people all over the world who've got a lower standard of living? Most Americans would say yes. Now we ask the question, are you content to enjoy your political freedom at the expense of people who are less free? I think they would also say yes.

There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.