Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed.
History knows no resting places and no plateaus.
No foreign policy-no matter how ingenious-has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of few and carried in the hearts of many.
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.