Washington Is Like A Self-sealing

The Defensive Perimeter [of The United States In East Asia] Runs Along The Aleutians To Japan And Then Goes To The Ryukyus.

The Limitations Imposed By Democratic Political Practices Makes It Difficult To Conduct Our Foreign Affairs In The National Interest.

Like Apples In A Barrel Infected By One Rotten One, The Corruption Of Greece Would Infect Iran And All To The East. It Would Also Carry Infection To Africa Through Asia Minor And Egypt, And To Europe Through Italy And France, Already Threatened By The Strongest Domestic Communist Parties In Western Europe. The Soviet Union Was Playing One Of The Greatest Gambles In History At Minimal Cost. It Did Not Need To Will All The Possibilities. Even One Or Two Offered Immense Gains. We And We Alone Were In A Position To Break Up The Play.

I Doubt Very Much If A Man Whose Main Literary Interests Were In Works By Mr. Zane Grey, Admirable As They May Be, Is Particularly Equipped To Be The Chief Executive Of This Country, Particularly Where Indian Affairs Are Concerned.

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.