The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative.

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

I have had to eat my own words many times, and I have found it a very nourishing diet.

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.

If the present tries to sit in judgment of the past, it will lose the future.

If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.

Never abandon life. There is a way out of everything except death.