War Is A Highly Overrated Tool Of

Not Only The Studying And Writing Of History But Also The Honoring Of It Both Represent Affirmations Of A Certain Defiant Faith - A Desperate, Unreasoning Faith, If You Will - But Faith Nevertheless In The Endurance Of This Threatened World - Faith In The Total Essentiality Of Historical Continuity.

Public Opinion, Or What Passes For Public Opinion, Is Not Invariably A Moderating Force In The Jungle Of Politics.

The Best Thing We Can Do If We Want The Russians To Let Us Be Americans Is To Let The Russians Be Russian.

It Is An Undeniable Privilege Of Every Man To Prove Himself Right In The Thesis That The World Is His Enemy; For If He Reiterates It Frequently Enough And Makes It The Background Of His Conduct He Is Bound Eventually To Be Right.

There Is More Respect To Be Won In The Opinion Of This World By A Resolute And Courageous Liquidation Of Unsound Positions Than By The Most Stubborn Pursuit Of Extravagant Or Unpromising Objectives.