But the diary and autobiography do not leave an image of narrow conceit and severe austerity.

Well, I think we are more aware, probably, that we are going to incur at intervals people's displeasure.

It will be independent in moments of great national peril, which is really the only time you consider using nuclear weapons anyway.

I don't expect that the United States will be more beloved, but I would hope that we could get more done.

There is always the argument in Europe that the United States might leave Europe, which is, of course, in my opinion, fallacious, because the United States can never leave Europe.

Every nation is conscious that there may be a moment when it is isolated and when its national interests are involved.

In any case, I felt that the offer we made to the British was in keeping with both our technical and moral obligations to them.

Because I don't think the British wanted to put the kind of investment we are talking about into the development of Polaris, which would cost them a good deal of money, unless they felt there might come an occasion, conceivably, where the…

So Skybolt is the top of the art of missilery.

Well, I think it would seem to me that if anybody bothered to read the pact in detail--we made several offers to the British.

On behalf of my Government and my country, I welcome you to the United States.