The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.

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.

Sometimes it’s the complication, which just lies in our minds

I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.

I think of Canada, first and foremost, in terms of space. The amount of space available is breathtaking.

You can't get through seminary and come out believing in God!

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

Any legislator who says he doesn't see the downside hasn't done his homework

I love going to the G4 sci-fi-type parties.

We turn our own lives into an information archive by storing all our emails, SMS, digital photos, and other digital traces of our existence.

Never, ever underestimate your readers. Everything you do registers.

To live in the moment and in the future at the same time would seem to me to be the trick.