First, separate ground, sea and air warfare is gone forever. If ever again we should be involved in war, we will fight it in all elements, with all services, as one single concentrated effort.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

It is either an exciting or scary time to be a leader.

Relationships are so much like the United States - they only really thrive when faced with an external threat.

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

I discourage a cult of personality.

We will be far more effective as communicators when we acknowledge our mistakes, and then we try to make them up.

Aim for a star, and keep your sights high! With a heart full of faith within, your feet on the ground and your eyes in the sky.

We can only escape the bloody and ignorant nightmare of history by exploring alternatives which today look frighteningly weird.

God never does anything accidentally.

Don't underestimate questions from the crowd; technology has made voters more informed than ever.

Ransack the language as he might, words failed him. He wanted another landscape, and another tongue.