If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.

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It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.

It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through,...

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through,...

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

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

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

The future comes one day at a time.

The future comes one day at a time.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by...

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by...

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

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

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

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

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

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective...

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures...

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures...

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective...

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective...

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I...

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I...

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by...

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by...

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures...

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures...

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

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