4 Quotes by Stanley Hoffmann

Statesmen should remember that they have been elected to persuade and to lead, and not just to accept as fixed the momentary moods and pernicious prejudices of the public.

It is only in the depths of crisis and despair that the fear of losing one’s personality breeds millennial hopes of rescue: otherwise, complacency prevails.

Deep down, Erikson wants profoundly to be respected and admired – and very deep down he wants to be left alone.

Arms control has to have a future, or none of us does. But it doesn’t necessarily have to come in big packages of 600-page treaties.