Even A Pacifist Should Admire The Military

Hitler ... Lacked The [inclination] For Anything More Than The Occasional Sensational Display Of Emotion, In Particular The Great Set-piece Speech Which Mesmerized The Mob And Left Him Drained Of ... Energy.

We Saw The Children And The Women With Their Babies And Then I Heard The Poouff — The Flame Had Broken Through The Thatched Roof And There Was A Yellow- Brown Smoke Column Going Up Into The Air. It Didn't Hit Me All That Much Then, But When I Think Of It Now — I Slaughtered Those People. I Murdered Them.

Slavery In The Modern World Implies The Absolute Deprivation Of The Individual's Liberty, While Possession Of Weapons And Mastery Of Their Use Are Means To The Individual's Liberation. We Do Not Perceive How A Man May Be Armed And At The Same Time Bereft Of His Freedom.

It's A Necessary Quality Of A Diplomat Or A Politician That He Will Compromise. Uncompromising Politicians Or Diplomats Get You Into The Most Terrible Trouble.

I Think Americans Like The Practical; They Like The Human. And I Like Both Those Things Myself, And I Try And Put Them Into My Books.