People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would require me to stop talking for three hours.

People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any forum that would require me to stop talking for three hours.

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.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault

People think responsibility is hard to bear. It's not. I think that sometimes it is the absence of responsibility that is harder to bear. You have a great feeling of impotence.

I don't ascribe to myself any special competence in economic insight. I translate what I hear from highly intelligent people into political and philosophical propositions.