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It pays to know the enemy – not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

In the name of the United States and President Bush, I want to thank the Mexican people, President Fox and his government for their friendship.

I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

The European organisation contemplated could not oppose any ethnic group, on other continents or in Europe itself, outside of the League of Nations, any more than it could oppose the League of Nations.

In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country.

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace , amity with all nations.

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

I have always viewed my role as a sort of ambassador or bridge between groups to help provide a dialog.