30 Quotes by Fletcher Knebel

Freedom of the press is one thing, but unbridled license to degrade and ridicule officials who devote their lives to this country is something else again.

Canada will bring us power for the future, Scandinavia the character, the steadiness…It’s the grand concept for survival…a union of know-how, that’s us, with power and character.

Suddenly the thought struck MacVeagh: President (Mark) Hollenbach must not be allowed to go into the conference with Zuchek (Russian premier). My God, Mark might be capable of anything. Who knew what Zuchek, a patient, steel-nerved negotiator, utterly devoted to Russia’s self-interest, vs Hollenbach, whose once brilliant mind now was obsessed with fancied tormentors and played like a child’s with the toy blocks of destiny.

Oh Senator, how could you be so cruel – and so ignorant of the true facts.”“Facts are facts, Mrs. Byerson….There are no such things as true facts, for then we’d have to have false facts, wouldn’t we.

Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.

It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.

Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.

A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.