I think basically I'm lazy, but I have a housewife's mentality when I go about my job.

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

Of course, when I joined the Navy and when I took up the correspondence course in cryptography, I had to sign an oath that I would never reveal what sort of work I was involved in. It was only some years after the war that Congress passed a statute relieving me of that obligation.

Every nation sincerely desires peace; and all nations pursue courses which if persisted in, must make peace impossible.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, in my judgment, will go down in history as one of the four 'great' presidents since the U.S. reluctantly became an empire in World War II; Richard Nixon as the nearest to a sociopath by the time he was compelled to resign.

I am firmly convinced that, in future years, China and India will join hands in playing a more active role in maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world at large and make due contribution to the cause of human progress and development.