Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.

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.

We have to walk by faith to possess all that is duly ours.

If you know someone that has given up hope, try giving that person some of your peace, joy, and faith!

He who has a mind to fight, let him fight, for now is the time.

... everyone must play his role.

Be a witness, as I excersize my exorcism

Martin Luther King, with whom I worked very closely, became very distressed when a number of the ministers working for him wanted him to dismiss me from his staff because of my homosexuality.

The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation.

I love the healthy exchange of information.

There's not much music I'll listen to if it doesn't have pretty heavy swing. Rhythm is so important. Punk rock would have more power and feeling if it had swing.

Someone's been mean to you! Tell me who it is, so I can punch him tastefully.