Americans have a tendency to believe that when there's a problem there must be a solution.

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.

To reproduce your life is to convert it into tangible products for the benefit of humanity.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again.

I didn't grow up as child actor.

Form, color, composition, drawing, are auxiliaries, any one of which... can be dispensed with.

I'm not planning what I listen to, except when I think the music can guide me to some emotional place I want to be reminded of.

[Everybody Loves Somebody] was a different take on that immigrant sort of life.

Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love.

She fell into a long sleep and dreamed the dreams of the Dream Tree.

Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs.