Vernon A. Walters Quotes & Sayings

The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution. — Vernon A. Walters

Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral. — Vernon A. Walters

It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner. — Vernon A. Walters

I'd describe myself as a pragmatist tinged with idealism. — Vernon A. Walters

I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all. — Vernon A. Walters

I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity. — Vernon A. Walters

For over ten years, bombs rained down on every village and hamlet in South Vietnam, and no one budged. It took the coming of a Communist 'peace' to send hundreds of thousands of people out into the South China Sea, on anything that could float, or might float, to risk dehydration, piracy, drowning ... — Vernon A. Walters