"[T]hat it is unable to relate man to the forces outside himself whose makings he sees but whose motives he can grasp …"

"I...was a little puzzled by your suggestion that we should return to a diplomacy like Bismarck's. Having once planned…"

"[T]he most fundamental problem of politics, which is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness."

"The frequently voiced view that we should conduct our diplomacy so as to bring about a rift between Communist China a…"

"If Communist China agrees to renounce the use of force in the formosa strait, we could consider opening up channels o…"

"Any people [Jews] who have been persecuted for two thousand years must be doing something wrong."

"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer."

"How many people did (Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary) kill? ... Tens of thousands?"

"It is a mistake to assume that diplomacy can always settle international disputes if there is "good faith" and "willi…"

"Thus, the more Bismarck preached his doctrine the more humanly remote he grew; the more rigorous he was in applying h…"