Power Is The Ultimate Aphrodisiac.

Our Concern For Human Rights Comes To The Fore When There Are Gross Violations Of Human Decencies. Then Other Countries, Including China, Must Recognize That This Affects The American Attitude Towards Their Country. But Towards What Precise Institutions Will It Evolve? I Think We Ought To Leave Something To History.

A Leader Does Not Deserve The Name Unless He Is Willing Occasionally To Stand Alone.

Left To Its Own Devices, The State Department Machinery Tends Toward Inertia Rather Than Creativity; It Is Always On The Verge Of Turning Itself Into An Enormous Cable Machine.

Countries Do Not Assume Burdens Because It Is Fair, Only Because It Is Necessary.

I Am Being Frank About Myself In This Book. I Tell Of My First Mistake On Page 850.