The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.
Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.
I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.
If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.
No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.
I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.