Let me say with a Georgia accent that we cannot solve this problem if it requires a diplomatic passport to claim the rights of an American citizen.
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Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state.
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We were eyeball-to-eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.
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The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks.
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The fidelity of the United States to security treaties is not just an empty matter. It is a pillar of peace in the world.
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We're eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.
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When you solve a problem, you ought to thank God and go on to the next one.
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[Also on the tapes, Dean Rusk, Kennedy's secretary of state, counsels that the use of nuclear weapons would have to have support from America's allies.] I think we would be hard pressed to tell our own people why we are doing this with India when even the British won't do it or the Australians won't do it and the Canadians won't do it, ... We need to have those other flags flying on these joint enterprises.
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