Public opinion, or what passes for public opinion, is not invariably a moderating force in the jungle of politics.

It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

World communism is like [a] malignant parasite which feeds on diseased tissue

The nuclear bomb is the most useless weapon ever invented. It can be employed to no rational purpose. It is not even an effective defense against itself.

Instruments of coercion, once created, have a tendency to find their own natural masters.

There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives.

The United States should not jump around like an elephant frightened by a mouse.

A political society does not live to conduct foreign policy; it would be more correct to say that it conducts foreign policy in order to live.

War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy.

The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of self-control is never a source of strength in political affairs.

I saw her disappear from my life like a star that fades into obscurity behind a veil of clouds.

Natural science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena.

It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak.

I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.

Smart phones and social media expand our universe. We can connect with others or collect information easier and faster than ever.

If we're not on them, they go back to their old ways.

The obstinacy of the indolent and weak is less conquerable than that of the fiery and bold.

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts.

Because television doesn't offer the kind of budget that a movie offers, you've got to be a little more careful where you spend the money to put the fiction in science.