 In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine. |
| We are trying to remake Vietnamese society, a task which certainly cannot be accomplished by force and which probably cannot be accomplished by any means available to outsiders. |
| The rapprochement of peoples is only possible when differences of culture and outlook are respected and appreciated rather than feared and condemned, when the common bond of human dignity is recognized as the essential bond for a peaceful world. |
| There has been a tendency through the years for reason and moderation to prevail as long as things are going tolerably well or as long as our problems seem clear and finite and manageable. |
| When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled. |
| The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them. |
| The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life. |
| Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations. |
| Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work. |
| In our excessive involvement in the affairs of other countries, we are not only living off our assets and denying our own people the proper enjoyment of their resources; we are also denying the world the example of a free society enjoying its freedom to the fullest. |
