"Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts."

"The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision."

"For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon."

"The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it."

"It is a unyielding truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson."

"Knowledge is the gathering of scattered facts; wisdom is the synthesis of lived experience. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable."

"Leave no stone unturned."