“Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.”

“America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests”

“We fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process we lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war: the guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win. The North Vietnamese used their armed forces the way a bull-fighter uses his cape — to keep us lunging in areas of marginal political importance.”

“The issues are too important to be left for the voters.”

“Politicians are like dogs... Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable”

“Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.”

“A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.”