Fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.

It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

World communism is like [a] malignant parasite which feeds on diseased tissue

The nuclear bomb is the most useless weapon ever invented. It can be employed to no rational purpose. It is not even an effective defense against itself.

Instruments of coercion, once created, have a tendency to find their own natural masters.

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.

The United States should not jump around like an elephant frightened by a mouse.

A political society does not live to conduct foreign policy; it would be more correct to say that it conducts foreign policy in order to live.

War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy.

The Russian leaders are keen judges of human psychology, and as such they are highly conscious that loss of temper and of self-control is never a source of strength in political affairs.

Facts, like people, want to be free - and when they're free, liberty is usually around the corner.

I wanted to cut down on the profanity, because I think I'm funnier without sayin' a lot of cuss words.

I'd rather live in Bohemia than in any other land.

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

Don't quit your day jobs, boys, but always keep your sense of humor.

Every time I go to the dentist they say, 'You really need to fix that gap of yours'. I'm like, 'My gap is paying your dentist bills.'

In a world where profit is consistently put before both people and the planet, climate economics has everything to do with ethics and morality.

No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul

For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction.

I'm 100 percent original, and that's what got me here. My rap music is more understandable, slower. It tells a story. You can write a book on each of my thoughts.