Talking about US policy in Nicaragua:

"The United States did not want to control Nicaragua or other nations in the region, but it also didn't want developments to get out of control. It wanted Nicaraguans to act independently, except when doing so would affect US interests adversely."

"The fact that a person who committed an act which constitutes a crime under international law acted as a Head of State or responsible Government official does not relieve him from responsibility under international law."

On the US war against Nicaragua,

"...a sensible policy [should] meet the test of cost-benefit analysis" of "the amount of blood and misery poured in, and the likelihood that democracy will emerge at the other end."

The choice facing the world is "stark and dreadful and inescapable: shall we put an end to the human race; or shall mankind renounce war?"

"If we secure the supplies of oil now available in the world we can do what we like."