Great leaders are willing to retire unloved and unpopular as the price for great exertion.

When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back.

A drone is a high-tech version of an old army and a musket. It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt bad guys, but not in America. I don't want to see it hovering over anybody's home.

Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online.

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.

There's a reason why in New York Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Equality.

If fences don't work, why is there one around the White House.

In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit.

Better to be paralyzed from the neck down than the neck up

Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth.

Obsession with self is the motif of our time.

Love at first sight is easy to understand

The key function of a leader is, to build more leaders.

It was good that she remembered him, though it was exhausting to do so.No rest for the weary. Or the dying. Or the dead.

He was a silent type, very nervy of people: shy, introverted, nobody would believe he could scream so loud…well he did drink a bottle of bleach!

Challenge yourself everyday to do better and be better. Remember, growth starts with a decision to move beyond your present circumstances.

Mid-afternoon, I'll go out and do the household errands, come home, do my gardening, go for an evening walk.

People in the countryside carry a sense of dignity. They wear it, don't they? Like a badge? I'm being genuine.

Lives should never be down to mere words, but I suppose they always are. Whether declarations of war, law, or treaty... words ever determine lives.

Got to lose control before you take control.

And is it right, butterfly, they like you better framed and dried?