 Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed. |
| The future comes one day at a time. |
| No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. |
| The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. |
| The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. |
| A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer. |
| We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation. |
| Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. |
| If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past. |
| The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office. |
| Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role. |
| Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. |
| Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. |
| I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office. |
| The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president. |
| The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. |
| The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem. |
| It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake. |
| Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree. |
| 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. |
