No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.

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.

Não estatize meus sentimentos. Pra seu governo, o meu estado é independente.

I assumed my first undivided responsibility.

The wreckage of stars - I built a world from this wreckage.

Life is but a day at most.

It's not at all new for wealthy and powerful interests to try to hide the ball and ignore independent analyses of relevant facts.

According to metaphysics, fear is caused by the lack of light.

Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.

When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That's how little I own.

Our success depends on us, our unity, and our willingness to submit to the will of Allah (God).

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all in a stronger or weaker degree.. It may be strengthened by exercise.