There wasn’t a bit of innocence or purity in him. He was sinful and cynical. Unapologetic. He cared nothing for the world. He just ate its fruits and roamed its wilds and didn’t need anyone.

Nothing outside of yourself can prevent you from achieving all of your hopes, dreams and desires….

Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt.

I am tired of hustling.

Military action is never the first thing that you jump to. You always look at other possibilities, including economic sanctions, tightening the screws.

One of the most noble things you can do is kill the enemy.

As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a phony accent that I can't shake, so it's not phony anymore.

No more than six words on a slide. Ever. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken.

Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope.

The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.