John Kennedy actually said...

My own feeling is that there is a place for the non-career Ambassador--not for political reasons, but when he happens to be the best man ava...

Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson were both men of extraordinary versatility and combined a great many talents.

There is a feeling, I think, in the foreign Service, that the State Department and the foreign Service are constantly under attack.

Personally, I think the place to be is in the kitchen, and I am sure the foreign Service officers of the United States feel the same way.