Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac

If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless

People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would require me to stop talking for three hours

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been

History knows no resting place and no plateaus

obody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy.

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible because otherwise the bleeding will not end

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it

I can think of no faster way to unite the American people behind George W. Bush than a terrorist attack on an American target overseas. And I believe George W. Bush will quickly unite the American people through his foreign policy