We are not empire builders. How important this fact is no American who has not lived in Asia can appreciate. It goes against our conscience, which is a very tender part of the American spirit. Therefore we are learning how to hold our allies, not by force of arms and government, but by mutual benefit and friendship. So much is already clear... I am therefore hopeful. In spite of dismaying contradictions in individuals in our national scene, I feel the controlling spirit or our people, generous, decent, and sane. In this mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Yet somehow our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is in the w…

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power i…

We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attemp…

I recommended that we establish contact with [the Chinese communists]. We had established contact through a military mission there but that we did not ... we s…

America betrays its friends. It sets them up and betrays them. I'd rather be America's enemy.