Politicians and journalists share the same fate in that they often understand tomorrow the things they talk about today.

People who have visions should go see a doctor.

I hate the idea that someone think the destruction of Chicago as strategic affair, the destruction of Hamburg as a tactical one.

Leonid Breznev was an old man and despite his own military experience in World War II, he on the other hand was not very close to the military.

Political leaders normally act by making convincing speeches.

Population growth and the proliferation of mega-cities around the world redefines the entire global security agenda.

President [Ronald] Reagan told me he would negotiate and negotiate and negotiate with the Soviets, and I believed him.

I've never been a classic Gaulist! Not a Gaulist at all.

Some of the American military obviously were thinking in terms of fighting a nuclear war. I was opposed to that.

Admirals and Generals always want more ships and more weapons and they take the arguments where they can find them.

I think that the solution of the question of numerical superiority of Russian conventional forces has to be solved.

Get up to pray in the dark when all are asleep and see how your path is lit and your life begins to shine.

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.

I like to go where the life is.

If you think somebody is telling a big lie about you, the only way to answer is with the whole truth.

When things don't go well they like to blame presidents; and that's something that presidents are paid for.

The enemy shapes the brand.

We saw in 2003 the beginnings of an outbreak of an illness called SARS. SARS ended up killing 800 people which is a significant number of deaths, but nowhere near as high as it could have been.

Most people seem to assume that this dramatic surge in imprisonment was due to a corresponding surge in crime, particularly violent crime.

Better not read books in which you make acquaintance of the devil.

Someone shouts, "Enough!" and I think too much and nothing at all.