We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin, they never would have held.

Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.

I always read everything on the desks of people I went to see in Moscow, London, Paris I found it quite useful.

Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe.

Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce.

As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient.

Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized that Stalin had broken his agreement.

Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.

Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.

I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world.

There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta.

We are what God has made us.

It is never crowded at the mountaintop.

Friendship lasts for four seasons and more.

Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer; for it prevents those disorders which other remedies sometimes cure, but sometimes confirm.

A female piano player is always pretty cool to me.

Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation.

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.

Every moment brings a choice; every choice has an impact.

When a profession is protected by academic freedom and tenure, it tends to turn inward. To a large extent that's good.

Therefore the blind Jews are truly stupid fools.