90% of the politicians give the other 10% a bad reputation.

Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

The Internet was a wonderful invention. It was a computer network which people used to remind other people that they were awful pieces of shit.

I don't need to hang out in a posse and try to act cool.

The Chinese have always enjoyed gambling, and Macau is the only place in Greater China where gambling is legal. So I believe the government understands that there has to be a place for it.

One day, I watched the sun setting forty-four times......You know...when one is so terribly sad, one loves sunsets.

How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.

The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

At the same time, it's people that are employed - many folks - but they're still not earning enough to get into the middle class.

People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy.

If you take advantage of the fact that technology abolishes distance, then you won't need to go to India. Just go to Indiana.