We're at a moment when the international system is in a period of change like we haven't seen for several hundred years. In some parts of the world, ….

President Nixon in his inaugural address indicated that he wanted an era of negotiation. Our reasoning was that whatever our ideological differences,….

The convictions that leaders have formed before reaching high office are the intellectual capital they will consume as long as they continue in offic….

The first reactions are often instinctive. So one of the first things we said was that the Chinese had no right to inspect the plane, and that we had….

We are not just any nation..

Covert action should not be confused with missionary work..

Henceforth the adequacy of any military establishment will be tested by its ability to preserve the peace..

Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself..

I don't stand on protocol. Just call me your Excellency..

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress..

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision..

A bluff taken seriously is more useful than a serious threat interpreted as a bluff..

Competing pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided; more often it is a crisis invited..

The American formal position has been that we oppose violence by governments against their people. That principle should not be abandoned..

The problem is Russia is a country that has lost 300 years of its history, in terms of most of what was part of the Russian Empire in Europe, towards….

The British capitalize on their accent when they don't want you to know what they're saying. But if you wake them up at 4 A.M., they speak perfect En….

One of the hardest things for the president is to distinguish the routine issues that come through from the essential issues that affect the long ter….

U.S. policy toward the third world should be one of depopulation.

Does anyone have any questions for my answers?.

Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something. The nice thing about being a….

In the current [Carter] administration, who can use the White House swimming pool and tennis courts is decided at the very highest level. President F….