[President Truman] was free of the greatest vice in a leader, his ego never came between him and his job.

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

Between 9 and 10 AM the American radio is concerned almost exclusively with love. It seems a little like ending breakfast with a stiff bourbon.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

The great corrupter of public men is the ego - corrupter because distracter. Wealth, sensuality, power cannot hold a candle to it. Looking in the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

I have a curious and apprehensive feeling as I watch JFK that he is sort of an Indian snake charmer.

The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest.

Like everything else, Fletcher. Practice.

We walked through night until there was a poem.

The only measurement I understand is perfection.

The only time I did not know how to be, physically, was when I lost a lot of weight. That was the only time I didn't understand my body.

I want us to raise the national minimum wage, because people who live in poverty should not - who work full-time should not still be in poverty.

I think we're just a garage band that got lucky. It's the enthusiasm from the audience that keeps it going.

I don't think I could live without a deck of cards in my hands.

He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience. We have always protected the Americans; we may therefore subject them to government.

Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.

Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.