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

#chilling #going #i #most #should

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

#ambivalent #attitude #feel #had #immoral

I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity. ↗

— Vernon A. Walters

#constructive #doctrine #i #participant

It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner. ↗

— Vernon A. Walters

#expected #manner #never #occurs #procession

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

— Vernon A. Walters

#become #countries #lynching #many #nations