The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

When I walk into my office, the other portraits that I look at in addition to (Thomas) Jefferson, the portraits of George Marshall, but especially Dean Acheson.

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree

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

The thing to remember is that that the future comes one day at a time.