It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.

- Vernon A. Walters

For over ten years, bombs rained down on every village and hamlet in South Vietnam, and no one budged. It took the coming of a Communist 'peace' to s…

- Vernon A. Walters

Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they reg…

- Vernon A. Walters

The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution.

- Vernon A. Walters

I'd describe myself as a pragmatist tinged with idealism.

- Vernon A. Walters

I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity.

- Vernon A. Walters